I was having lunch with my good friend, Pastor Jeff Rabe, and as is generally the case, our conversation was as good as the meal.  Our discussion lingered at length around a subject that ultimately spurred the thought leading to today's topic.   Pastor Rabe made the...

When you were a kid, do you recall making promises or sharing something to your friends or siblings, then having to convince them that you were for-real telling the truth?  Maybe you had to say that you were honestly, 'if your lying-your dying', 'as god as your...

Have you ever had a great coach? They could push you beyond your limits and lead you to believe you could do more than you currently were.  You would work, fight and bleed for them.  Then you would come back the next day to do it again.  They believed in you and you...

As we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation I've been reflecting on the every day impact the Reformation has had. You'd be surprised by the number of ways the Reformation impacts our lives, but as my space is limited I'll focus on just one. Before Luther...

Matthew 6:6New International Version (NIV) 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Physical isolation? We may cringe at the thought of it in our...

Micah 6:8 (NKJV) He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? One of the greatest dangers facing America is its "dumbing down".  More and more people have been and are...