It was December of 1989. We lived in south Florida less than a mile from the beach. Tall royal palm trees lined the sidewalks. Mango, lemon and orange trees grew throughout the neighborhood. Tyler was 3 ½ and Zack was 1 ½ years old. We were always out in the backyard with them either playing […]
Read moreInterruptions
Chances are you checked your calendar this morning making mental notes of your meetings and appointments. You probably have an idea of what your day will look like. And if you’re like me, you don’t always welcome interruptions. I was reading a story about Jesus this morning from Matthew 9. He was approached by a […]
Read moreA Huge Blunder in the Balcony
I am incredibly grateful for the church I grew up in. I was loved, nutured, encouraged, corrected, and challenged there. We had traditions that were both local and denominational. The middle schoolers always did a living nativity scene during Christmas. There was always an Easter pageant. We had summer camps and winter retreats. Our Sunday […]
Read moreThe Three Most Underrated Messages
I meet all sorts of people in my job. Yesterday I spend most of the day with a film crew. Before guiding them around our community I spent an hour and a half with a gentleman who represents a cancer support organization. At first it was a little hard to get a handle on what […]
Read moreThe Story of St. Patrick
Imagine being kidnapped as a teenager. You are taken far from home to a land where you don’t understand the culture or even speak the language. You’re sold to a man and taken to his home. And through a series of gestures, grunts, and pictures you finally realize you will be spending most of the […]
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