Happy New Year!  2026….2026!  After leaving the theater, I spent two years working with church youth groups in central Illinois to see if this sense that I was being called to the ministry was a real calling or not. Following those two years I enrolled at Christian theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN. to obtain my M. Div.  Jodel and I moved to Flat Rock, IN. (town population 183) where I became a Student Local Pastor in the Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodi

There are certain signals we all recognize that warn us Christmas is on its way. The day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year, reminds us that Christmas is near. Holiday advertising is everywhere we look and in everything we hear. Christmas jingles won’t let us forget what’s just around the corner. We’re told of every financing plan imaginable to ensure that we can afford all the gifts we “need” to buy for all the people on our growing list. Websites assum

“O give thanks to the Lord, our God,                       For God’s steadfast love endures forever” (Psalm 136:1) In popular contemporary music, the stuff we hear on “Top 40 radio stations”, (if anyone still does that in this day of Pandora and Spotify and such).  Most of the songs have a chorus, or refrain that can really stick in your head.  You’ll find yourself humming that part of the tune well after you were listening to it.  A lot of people call that an “ear worm”. 

“It’s been a while”…I’ve shared before that a hobby of mine is woodworking. I’m certainly no “fine craftsmen”. In fact, I often kid that...

Zephaniah 3:17 (WEB)Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm...

This is the “center” or “middle” of Summer. As I write this there are as many weeks of summer break behind us as there are yet to be...