Follow the Dog Recently I bore the crushing burden of a stopover in Fiji after preaching for a camp meeting in New Zealand. More specifically, I spent two days on the remote Mana Island — population 400. This doesn’t include the resort, which, due to the off-pea... Read more
Plugged Into Jesus On a recent Monday morning I awoke, excited about the prospects for the week. Jumping out of bed at an early hour, I had plenty of time to take a long, hot shower and to dress, pray, study, eat breakfast and get to the office. It was going to be a... Read more
The Cedar Chest “Get rid of all your stuff now. It may have meaning for you — but not for us.” — the children and grandchildren Read more
False Expectations There was an island where a few Englishmen, Frenchmen and Germans lived in 1914. It was so remote that news arrived every 60 days. In September, when news finally came, they learned that for more than six weeks now English and French people had be... Read more
It's Time to Get Back to the Mission! I can picture him as if he and I were standing together just yesterday. But the memories are of my childhood friend, Rafael, who was crippled. While the rest of us played soccer, kickball or baseball, Rafael would stand on the sidelines, leaning o... Read more
2018: Comfortable or Courageous? Will 2018 be the year you escape your comfort zone to live courageously for Jesus? Read more
Our First Work “Happy New Year” greetings bring all sorts of thoughts. Out with the old and in with the new. An opportunity for new beginnings, new habits, new choices, new resolutions to be better people. All of that is good until we realize our promises and re... Read more
