I love getting the mail from the mailbox. In fact, it’s an obsession of mine. I have to be the one that gets the mail and looks at it first. I’m not entirely certain as to why I have such a fixation over the mail, but it goes all the way back to when I […]
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“How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1 This weekend, we had our youth lock-in. So much time and preparation to make it possible. I am so thankful for volunteers. We had a total of 90+ people there…4 youth groups were there…and over 30 volunteers. WOW! I call that […]

I watch as my wife,
after having put up with our
screaming, hyper,
sugar-filled children
since early in the morning
sits down with them
before bed and reads to them,
filling their imaginations
with possibility and wonder.

Every now and again, I wake up in a bad mood, not wanting to face the day at all. I’m sure you have experienced the same thing in your life as well. I guess we all have those kinds of mornings. It is the human experience. I’ve noticed if I don’t quickly turn my attitude […]
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In a perfect world, every person you know would like you. However, this is not a perfect world as of yet. You can be the kindest and most compassionate person in the world, and yet there will be people that just don’t get you. There will be people that just don’t like you at all. […]
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When I buy a new book, after I finish reading it
I don’t put it on a shelf or sell it on Amazon.
No, I take it to the Library.
I ask “Can you put this book into circulation?”
I hand her over, knowing that I’m not losing her.
No, I’m setting her free.
I’m giving her as a gift, allowing her pages to
minister to more literary ragamuffins just like me.
Occasionally, I’ll venture back and check her out –
just to see how she’s doing.
I’ll see her worn, creased pages, and her slightly torn cover, and smile.

There are times in my life that prayer gets so commonplace that it becomes more of a daily checklist than actually meeting with God in new and creative ways that are fresh.   If you’re like me, you could use a facelift on your prayer life. After all, God is fresh in the way He […]
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