I’ll be honest with you. Sometimes it’s a real pain to embrace the diversity in our movement. Working with strong personalities, bridging denominational differences, mission backgrounds and juggling various agendas is demanding. I often hear a cacophony...
We just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the USA. I know that it’s not always easy to be thankful when you are facing customer deadlines, monies to make payroll, co-workers’ complaints, and trying to fit in some time for your spouse, and children. Like many of...
I was asked, “Do you know who’s the richest man in the world?” When I replied, “Yes, I know him personally,” my friend looked at me surprised, and exclaimed. “You know Bill Gates!” To which I related, “Bill’s the second richest man in the world, the richest man in the...
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 1 Corinthians 4:18 We lived in Pasadena in 1982. At the time the smog was at historically high levels. Sometimes you could barely see across...
We will continue our study of Matthew 13 in January. Happy Jesus’ Birthday! What an amazing time of the year! Luke writes about Jesus’ birth and the visit of the shepherds; And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. –Luke 2:18 We must not...
One late summer day, so long ago I cannot remember if I was 5 or 8. Often during those long summer days, grandma and I would go out back to pick the blackberries growing along her backyard fence. I loved those times. Grandma was full of godly wisdom which she...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.