In the early years of my Christian life, my prayers had a ring of the “too familiar,” even bordering on being monotonous. In His Sermon on the Mount Jesus warned us about using many hollow words and v...  Read More

We’ve all had some bad days.  Discouraging days.  Days when it seemed like everything went wrong.  Days of sorrow.  Days of regret.  Terrible days when tragedy struck.  But no matter how bad things we...  Read More

Our baby girl, Lottie, turned six months old last week. People told me the time would fly by, and now I realize how right they were. It feels like yesterday that I was holding her for the first time.T...  Read More

I don’t think anyone likes the feeling of being wrong, or the feeling of guilt having done something wrong. So much so that often our first instinct when confronted about something we have done is to ...  Read More

Zedekiah's relationship with Jeremiah reminded me of the relationship Herod the Tetrarch had with John the Baptist that Pastor Brian spoke about in a recent sermon. Herod was intrigued with John the B...  Read More

Most of you know that Lynette and I live in the foothills near Prather.  All around us are the signs of spring.  The winter rains have caused nature to come alive again.  The grass is green, the trees...  Read More