“Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45
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 →
Friday, Marci’s parents celebrate 73 years of marriage. We just celebrated 45 years together. The longevity of our marriages didn’t come from reading a marriage manual. The only manual that kept us together was Emmanuel. Christ’s unending love is the cause of our unending love. “We love because He loved us first.” 1 John 4:19... Continue Reading →
Our backyard faces Pikes Peak. When the morning sun rises and kisses the mountain, it is breathtaking. Likewise, when the risen Son kisses someone, the result is glorious. Sleeping Beauty was awakened by a kiss. So were we. We didn’t invent kissing. God did. Five times the apostles tell the church to, “greet one another... Continue Reading →
A dear friend whose life changed remarkably after we baptized him told me months later, “I left the old me at the bottom of the pool. I hated that person.” Baptism really is a death, burial and resurrection. What we are saying when we choose to be baptized is, “I'm tired of living for myself.... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time to when our girls were little. The world seemed a better, kinder place back then. The world today is so different. Kids are being forced to doubt their gender. No one in their right mind trusts the government or the media anymore. Corrupt leaders, due to... Continue Reading →
Teaching my grandson to play an instrument is a blessing. He is very gifted but knows he has much to learn. “Everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher." Luke 6:40. Jesus was saying, “You can be like Me and do the things I do. But you need to let me... Continue Reading →
My bride and I have been married 45 wonderful years. Our wedding day was the happiest day of my life. Marci’s beauty overwhelmed me then— and it still does! We’ve had our struggles along the way but we knew from the start that a truly successful marriage would require tapping into a love greater than... Continue Reading →
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