Lost in Translation

I had lunch with my cousin Dave today and we got into an interesting conversation about God's expectations for our giving. Both of us have been blessed in our careers and our ministries and we had a discussion about two…

Credit our son Andrew with the title of tonight's post. I was thinking of something a little more exotic, but come to think of it, he hit the nail on the head. Truth is, this post is really a continuation…

I worked at the office until almost 7:30 this evening and then headed home. When I arrived, I ran into the house, changed my clothes and went back out into the yard. You see, I have done some pruning of…

Okay, so you're not going to believe tonight's story. But from what the kids tell me, it's completely true. As I may have mentioned during the last week, Andrew, Stacy and the kids were taking their vacation time out in…

Janet and I had a conversation over the week-end about different churches we have attended throughout the years and how we feel during the worship experience in each of these venues. We agreed that one church we visited a number…

I'm a little amped up tonight. In fact, I am pretty annoyed. But before you can understand why, it's probably better if I give you the back story. And to really understand it, you should probably know that there are…

In the early New Testament times, when the church came into existence after the ascension of Christ, there was a real proliferation of church groups that met in homes and spread the Gospel message throughout the region. In fact, the…

There has been a real run on keys around our house lately. Andrew bought a new car, Kristin has her new home, we're getting ready to purchase another house and on top of it all, we have keys to the…

I had a wonderful conversation with a friend of mine today about the way we phrase things and what it says about our behavior. The whole study of how we react to others and how well we represent ourselves is…

Today is Mother's Day, and like most families across the country, we got together and had brunch. There were 12 of us and it was something - 6 kids with 6 adults. Jill and Drew came from Oklahoma to celebrate…