As a young adult, walking into a church for the first time, I felt intimidated. Up to that point, I worked hard at being invisible to people—always quiet and very much in the background. As a new beli...  Read More

Do you remember playing the game “Sorry!”? I was playing not too long ago with my sons, and I forgot how fun and simple the game is. Like me, my sons are highly competitive and so whenever either of t...  Read More

“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed”—Unknown Since moving from Chicago to California in 2020 I’ve realized that summer seems to have a different meaning to Californians than it does to me...  Read More

A couple of decades back I prepared a surprise for Lynn. A work she would not have believed if told. In cooperation with my brother Mark from Pleasanton I bought a newer car for her, on the sly, as a ...  Read More

I was a typically naïve, young sailor on his first training day on a ship at sea. I was ready for the salty crew to treat us with their typical disrespect. I stood back as one of my fellow newbies was...  Read More

When I began full time ministry, I served as a solo pastor in a country church near the towns of Susquehanna and Oakland in northern Pennsylvania.  I served there for 5-years. I had gone to this churc...  Read More