An Open Letter to Dads on Father’s Day

A great post I had to share from Dr. Watson on Fathers.com On this Father’s Day weekend I have a gift for you…a gift of words, beginning with some validation and encouragement, then ending with a challenge. As a father, you no doubt have a lot of weight on your shoulders and I’m guessing that you often feel overwhelmed with all...

Beyond the Fence

After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words. —1 THESSALONIANS 4:17–18 (NIV)   THE SIGN READ: Stay Three Feet from Fence....

How Can I Trust God Better?

“I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.”  Psalm 119:176 (NIV).  Do you ever find yourself slightly alienated from God wondering how you can trust God better? Our daughter's pet helped me understand how easy it was to go astray. “Stop it!” my young daughter scolded....

Encountering JESUS on the El Camino

A small peek into my recent mission trip to Spain. The pungent odor of cow manure fills the air as travelers walk the Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) past dairy farmhouses toward a hostel named La Fuente del Peregrino. The name means The Pilgrim’s Fountain, and it’s just one of many hostels...

Should Christians Cuss?

“Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children.” Ephesians 5:1 (NKJV) The other day I got so mad at my teenager that I cussed. Should Christians cuss? No. Yet I hear believers all the time say words that are not glorifying to God nor do they represent an example of Christ to the world. If you know anything...