On vacation a week ago Thursday, I was on Deep Creek Lake in Maryland in our boat taking family members for rides.  By now, I had no fear of getting lost because I had learned the lay of the land… er…lake, that is.  It was hot and muggy, but out on the lake in a… Read More »

In Matthew 14, Jesus had spent the entire day teaching and healing folks out in the country, far from any town.  The disciples were probably weary.  They had risen early and spent the morning rowing on the lake, and then spent the rest of the day running crowd control as they sought to bring order… Read More »

When Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle detonated a roadside bomb in Northern Iraq setting it ablaze, he rushed without hesitation to save his men.  Fighting through the flames he, one by one, rescued all of his trapped soldiers and an Iraqi national who was an interpreter, from the burning vehicle.  Flames burned… Read More »

On-ramps… gotta love ‘em!  At least I do.  I like to treat interstate on-ramps like a drag strip… just how quickly CAN I get up to the merging speed of 70 MPH?  (And a squawk from my truck tires as I stomp the accelerator is always a bonus)  I will admit to being annoyed when… Read More »

In 1 Corinthians 10 the Apostle Paul was encouraging believers to live the Christian life with humility.  While Christians enjoy freedom from the oppression often found in religious structure (and in Paul’s day the religious pharisaical structure), Paul wanted the church in Corinth to practice the ideal of valuing the needs of others over the… Read More »

Hey Christian Alliance Church Family, keep those HEAVEN questions coming!  If you have a question about HEAVEN use the connection card in your bulletin to submit it to me.  On May 26 I am going to answer as many of them as I can during the message time of the service.  But, since I have… Read More »

I thought for this PS’s Pondering I would address a question that has be asked a few times.  One thing I wonder about Heaven is… Will there be animals in Heaven, Is there a Pet Heaven (from little Hazel Miller :), Will my pet be in Heaven with me? Will there be animals in Heaven? … Read More »

Well, winter is over!  I’m not superstitious at all, but I may have knocked on my wooden desk as I wrote that… I mean, after all… we DO live in Northern Ohio… so you never know.  The passing of winter brings the freshness of spring.  It also brings with it the necessity of spring cleaning… Read More »

A few nights ago I had a rather intense dream.  In the dream, I was on a work project with a bunch of other Christian folks and we were building a church building, but nothing seemed to be going right.  We kept experiencing roadblocks for every job that we tried to do. First, we needed… Read More »