2/13/2026 – The Eternal Weight of Glory
Open in New Tab Here The Eternal Weight of Glory (thoughts from 2 Corinthians Ch 4) Life can be terribly weighty sometimes, can’t it? Whether it is the weight of sin, the struggle of ministry, fighting a cancer diagnosis, wrestling with disobedient children, or just waiting for an answer that
10/11/2025
Open in New Tab Here In our Sunday School class, we are in the middle of a few-week series on answering some of life’s big existential questions with a goal of engaging the lost with gospel hope. Grouped into five “big questions” we see scripture reveal Christ as the answer
10/3/2025 – Playing All Four Quarters
Open in New Tab Here “Playing All Four Quarters” “Alright team, let’s bring it in.” You know, when you watch the Detroit Lions, one thing’s clear: you can’t win a game by playing just one good quarter. You have to play all four quarters. And that’s true in our walk
9/19/2025 – How Would You Like Your Change?
Open in New Tab Here How Would You Like Your Change? Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
9/12/2025
Open in New Tab Here Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? Yet who can keep from speaking? 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. 4 Your words have upheld him who
8/22/2025 – Trying to Find the Words
Open in New Tab Here 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— I Cor. 2:9 In 1962, The World’s Fair came to Seattle. It was such a big deal that even
8/15/2025 – If We Loved Like Jesus
Open in New Tab Here The song, I Can Only Imagine, invites us to picture the day when we stand face-to-face with Jesus, surrounded by His perfect love, free from sin, pain, and division. But what if we didn’t have to wait for heaven to taste that love? What if
8/1/2025
Open in New Tab Here 11 “Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire? 12 Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?……. Job 3:11-12 16 Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the
7/25/2025 – Traveling Light
Open in New Tab Here Traveling Light 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. Genesis 13:18 KJV Next month, Jackie and I will have been married 65 years. We are both closer now to
7/19/2025
Open in New Tab Here And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
7/11/2025 – Work Reimagined
Open in New Tab Here Work Reimagined I recently read a short but interesting article on AI and the future of work. In “Work Reimagined: How AI Could Usher in a New Age of Human Artisanship[1],” Pavan Muzumdar argues that AI just might be our avenue to more meaningful, creative,
7/2/2025 – True Freedom
Open in New Tab Here July 4th Devotional: True Freedom “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36 (ESV) As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Yet, as believers, we’re reminded that our
6/21/2025
Open in new tab here 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10 In the midst of severe suffering, Job answered his
6/13/2025 – Get in the Boat
Open in New Tab Here Get in the Boat Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side… Mark 6:45 During the years when I had the privilege of being an active elder at our church, I took what my Sunday School class must have
6/6/2025
Open in New Tab Here If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to
5/30/2025 – An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV)
Open in New Tab Here An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV) “My Swiss Army Knife for Life and Prayer” Sometimes we struggle to know how to pray, especially in moments of deep joy, sorrow, confusion, or fatigue. The words don’t come easily. That’s when Scripture becomes our framework, a steady guide,
5/16/2025 – The Fall of Spring
Open in New Tab Here The Fall of Spring While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Gen. 8:22 Perhaps it is some failing of perception on my part, but I do not note so great an antagonism between the
5/10/2025
Open in New Tab Here “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’” Genesis 2:18 “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31a “This mystery is
5/2/2025
Open in New Tab Here The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord. Proverbs 16:33 (esv) One hundred years ago the theory of quantum mechanics (QM), largely in the form we have today, was completed. As a result, this year has been declared
4/25/2025 – No Longer On the Outside Looking In
Open in New Tab Here No Longer On the Outside Looking In Have you ever been on the outside looking in, knowing that unseen wonders lay just beyond the barred door or locked gate? Back when I was in college, I had the privilege to study abroad. I spent most
4/15/2022 – Glory Above Mockery
Open in New Tab Here Glory Above Mockery Jesus Christ was on a mission from the Father of eternal redemption. Nothing was going to distract Him from its completion. There on the cross, a scene took place that has many parallels to dynamics at play today. The gospel is on
4/8/2022 – Profit in Life and Death
Open in New Tab Here Profit in Life and Death Phil 1:21 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (KJV) Many of us have lived long in Christ and have found Him to be in every aspect sweet and pleasant. He is the giver
4/1/2022
Open in New Tab Here “I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1:3-5 Long enduring relationships in the ministry
3/18/2022 – Faith Alive
Open in New Tab Here Faith Alive “For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.” — James 2:26 (ESV) In our Sunday School class this past weekend, we ended our discussion on the verse above, but we only had time
3/11/2022 – Grace Alone
Open in New Tab Here Grace Alone Genesis 33:9 – And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. Jacob and Esau were sons of Isaac. They were fraternal twins. I have been a Baptist all of my life, and have often heard these boys
2/25/2022 – War in a Weary World
Open in New Tab Here War in a Weary World War is a terrible thing. We feel for the people impacted by the war in Ukraine whose homes are being destroyed and whose lives are being lost. We wonder how much suffering they are in and we have great sorrow.
2/18/2022 – Read Your Begats
Open in New Tab Here Read Your Begats Gen 11:10 10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. (KJV) Family trees can be pretty dry stuff. However, we need to pause here and learn some lessons. The
2/4/2022 – The Door
Open in New Tab Here The Door And the LORD shut him in. Genesis 7:16b If you have never done so, I would strongly encourage you to read through the entire Bible. It is likely no surprise to you that each time I read through scripture, I am sharpened and
1/28/2022 – I’ve Got the Joy
Open in New Tab Here I’ve Got The Joy An early memory of mine is getting ready for church on Sunday morning and hearing my older sister sing the song “I’ve got the joy”. She sang the words with gusto, “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my
1/21/2022 – Currencies of Ministry
Open in New Tab Here Currencies of Ministry As I prepared for the pastors retreat this week, I thought about the example of currency as a metaphor for how we use love and wisdom in the context of ministry. I want to briefly share that thought with you all. Currency
