A Dry Season

by | May 3, 2022 | Vital Men Devotions

We are (I hope!) coming to the end of dry season in Nicaragua. The final weeks of dry season are akin to living on the surface of the sun while wearing a down jacket. Its hard to imagine it being hotter, and it looks as if nature has outlawed the color green. Have you...

A Lack of Humility

by | Apr 26, 2022 | Vital Men Devotions

I’m often asked what I think is the greatest challenge facing the Church. People expect me to say worship styles, millennials, politics, or culture, all definite challenges. There is, in my opinion, a commonality underlying those and other challenges: a lack of...

A Little Hope

by | Apr 19, 2022 | Vital Men Devotions

April is the hottest month of the year in Nicaragua. Think Iowa in July…only worse. Not to give you too much information, but I can typically wring the sweat out of my shirt by 10:30am. Air conditioning is a rarity, and its incredibly expensive to run it if you...

Why follow God’s Commands?

by | Apr 12, 2022 | Vital Men Devotions

I have a teenage daughter, which means I hear A LOT of sarcasm and the questioning of nearly everything emanating from my mouth. A few weeks ago she questioned the legitimacy of the chorus of a worship song that says: “there is freedom in the house of God.” She...

Necessary Changes

by | Apr 5, 2022 | Vital Men Devotions

I REALLY wish my wife was not such a pack rat! She has the amazing ability to fill every closet, drawer, shelf, and minuscule corner in our house with stuff. Sometimes its ok, and sometimes its absolutely head scratching (such as her notes from 7th GRADE science...