“Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45
An alarm inside my chest has gone off every morning this week, telling me it’s time for surgery to have my defibrillator battery replaced. I hope someday they can invent a rechargeable battery. Someone suggested they put a solar panel in my head! We all require electricity flowing through our hearts to keep us alive.... Continue Reading →
Awhile back, my wife missed her flight home and was told she would have to wait twelve hours until another flight was available. In tears she called our friend Andy who flies for Southwest. Andy pulled some strings and was able to find a flight leaving in twenty minutes. Marci dashed to the gate, pounded... Continue Reading →
Recently, I apologized to my kids for acting in an unChristlike way. My daughter responded, “Dad, you’re only human.” That excuse might have worked for me in the past. But now, thanks to Christ, I am no longer only human. I am a new creation; a new species, “created to be like God—truly righteous and... Continue Reading →
Our beloved Papa Don kept his joy to the end, even though his health drastically declined. Someone jokingly said, “The best thing about old age is it doesn’t last very long!” Don had a dream he was part of a group arriving by boat to their destination. As they were docking, a crowd came to... Continue Reading →
With deep sadness and joy, I said goodbye last night to my dear friend and father-in-law Don Mardock. No one I’ve ever known has impacted more lives than Papa Don. After 94 years, Don peacefully shed his earth suit en route to heaven. Although our hearts miss him, we know we will see him again... Continue Reading →
Pride is like bad breath. You’re always the last one to know you have it! I’m thankful for a wife who’s not afraid to tell me when my pride starts to stink. It’s happened more than once. My pride makes me hate to lose. Marci dislikes playing games with me when I am too competitive.... Continue Reading →
Many of my closest friends are blessed with more melanin in their skin than me. Though I pale in comparison to them, they love me just the same. We’ve learned to look beyond ethnicity to what’s really important. God’s overwhelming love for us all. Satan works to divide us by race. Jesus came to destroy... Continue Reading →
Someone once told me God is head over heels in love with me, and He can’t help it. I’ve never forgotten those words. Is that really true? I have friends who fear at times that God is unhappy with how they’re living. They have an unhealthy fear of Him. Fear, necessarily, is not always a... Continue Reading →
There is a lot at stake this presidential election. I’m not voting for a person as much as I’m voting against a party I feel is taking us in the wrong direction. Here is why I think that. I can not vote for a party who over the years has gradually removed God from their... Continue Reading →
I took my teenage grandsons to see the movie The Forge. It’s a powerful story about an irresponsible boy who becomes a man, thanks to some godly men who show him the love of Jesus. I recently wrote about a group of men I meet with called Men of Integrity. I’ve rarely found men who... Continue Reading →
Heartspills 