Rise and Shine

Our backyard faces Pikes Peak. When the morning sun rises and kisses the mountain, it's face is breathtaking. Likewise, when Jesus the risen Son kisses a person, their face becomes gloriously radiant. Sleeping Beauty was awakened by a kiss. So were we. Man didn’t invent kissing. God did. Five times the apostles tell the church... Continue Reading →

Dying to Let Christ Live

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 →

God’s Fruit Stand

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 →

My Personal Trainer

Teaching my grandson Hudson to play an instrument is so much fun. He is very gifted, but knows he has much to learn. I'm proud of how hard he works to improve his skill. Jesus said, “Everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher." Luke 6:40. Christ was saying, “You can... Continue Reading →

Did God Really Say?

Unbelievable as it sounds, a woman hired someone to pour drain cleaner in her eyes to fulfill her lifelong desire to be disabled. I’ve often said, “Nothing surprises me anymore.” Boy I was wrong! This mental disorder is called transableism—the desire to acquire a disability through choice rather than happenstance. Some folks even desire to... Continue Reading →

And We Lived Happily Ever After

My bride and I have been married 47 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 ours—the... Continue Reading →

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