This is a swamp behind my house. It’s actually much larger than this picture captures. I love hiking down to the swamp because one never knows what wildlife one will find. I’ve seen deer, ducks, frogs, and blue herons; there are beavers, bobcats, foxes…

7 converts yesterday morning in Newport, VT.Beautiful church, beautiful drive. God is good.

I’m working on my dissertation: “The concept of apostleship in the Pauline literature as it relates to Paul’s self-identity and leadership paradigm.” After reading several articles (with many, many more to go) it occurs to me that Paul’s leadership cou…

Peek In…Push Out…Press Forward

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyday and everything worked out just as you planned? Think about it, if every morning the sun was shining, the temperature was just right with a light breeze coming from the right dire…

Okay. I haven’t posted a blog since November 2008 and my wife keeps telling me that if I’m going to blog, then I need to write something. She’s right of course, but honestly I’ve hestitated from writing anything in light of the last election because I …

Our ministry is first and foremost ministry unto the Lord.”Minister to Jesus? How can I minister to Jesus?” you may respond. “He is in need of nothing from me.”True. He is the all-sufficient One. True. He needs nothing. But it is also true that H…

I know it’s been a while since I last blogged (Inauguration Day, to be exact). I’ve been quite busy in the office, and I also had to move again. Turns out that the owner of the house we moved into wasn’t upfront about his mortgage issues. Oh, well, we …