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Dear Christian, Please do this 1 thing this week: Consider how your words will help people know God’s love. Will your critique of politicians or people on the other side help them to know the love of God? Will ridiculing people help them to know the holy God of love? Will shouting louder than theContinue reading “Disagreeing isn’t the problem”

Dear Christian, I want to challenge you.  I’m probably going to really make you uncomfortable as you read this article. I’m not trying to make you mad, but you might even find yourself angry at me the further you read. So here it is. I want you to try and imagine being in “their” shoes.Continue reading “In their shoes”

“Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” – James 1:20 There is a lot of anger in this world. There are editorials, news reports, Facebook posts, blogs and so much more dedicated to the things that make us angry. Why are we so angry? What is it that has our feathers soContinue reading “Why so angry?”

Dear friend, I want to talk to you about something that is very important to me. So important that I am ashamed I haven’t brought it up like this previously.  You already know that I am a Christian and a pastor. As such I’m sure you can guess some of what I believe about GodContinue reading “Life is short, eternity is long…”

The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want. The Lord is my Protector, I shall not be afraid. The Lord is my Savior, I shall not be enslaved. The Lord is my Comforter, I shall not live in discouragement or sadness. The Lord is my Friend, I shall never be alone. Obviously you knowContinue reading “Why I am not afraid”

You’re gonna make it through this. The truth is I don’t really want someone to tell me that. It feels patronizing or condescending. It feels like they don’t really know how painful, stressful, confusing or depressing it is. We do of course need to remind each other of this. We also need to remind ourselvesContinue reading “You’re gonna make it”

Dear Pastor, The people you lead… Are voluntarily assembling, gathering or “tuning in” to hear what you have to say because they believe that what you say will somehow benefit them. They are continually engaging with you because they believe that their life will be better because of their interaction with you. They are seekingContinue reading “Checking your ministry”

Dear Pastor, Have you ever felt like things were going nowhere fast in your ministry?  Perhaps you’ve looked at your recent accomplishments and felt like not much was really happening.  I want to tell you that the issue might just be the people.  Now, before you jump to conclusions, I don’t mean that it’s theContinue reading “It’s the people”

How do we know what it is that God is saying to us at any given moment? How can we discern His voice above the noise? There are many thoughts and feelings that might be swirling within us at any given moment and even more than that there are a thousand different circumstances, obstacles, distractionsContinue reading “Discerning God’s voice”

Dear Pastor, Has the current world situation caused you to pause and ask yourself: “What exactly am I doing, anyway?” Let’s talk about what you are doing… You are representing the Holy God of the universe. Your words, actions, attitude and lifestyle are to be a reflection of Him. It might be easy to getContinue reading “What are we doing?”