Lent, Ash Wednesday, & Valentine’s Day! It all falls on the same day this year. So let me ask, "Why do people celebrate VALENTINE’S DAY?" Besides the desire of candy companies and Hallmark greeting cards to increase sales and feed our sweet...
As I write this, the Surgeon General of the U.S. has just issued a rather stern warning that “This week is going to get bad.” In one week’s time we’ve gone from 4,000 to 39,000 confirmed cases. So it behooves us all to use wisdom, prudence and faith at...
Do you know where the term “Lent” comes from? It actually originated in an old English term for the word “Spring”… as in that time of year that seems to have skipped Spokane this year! Tomorrow begins the 2019 season of Lent with Ash Wednesday, a day...
It was some 20+ years ago that God caused a couple of life-changing factors to collide in my life. Actually, it was a couple of life-changing people God used to awaken a hunger for an annual season of spiritual enrichment in my soul. The first was a local African-American...
Sometimes I just want to pack my bags, get in the car and start driving. I’d love to be able to do that, at least once in life. I fantasize about driving into the mountains, stopping when I want just to drink in some beautiful vista then motoring on to some town whose problems...
Yes, Valentine’s Day actually falls on Sunday this year. No, I’m not going to be preaching about St. Valentine, against Lupercalia (the ancient Roman fertility cult that celebrated Feb. 15) or about historical events that have happened on Valentine’s day (like the...
What would it be like to live in a country that has 1.2 billion people in a space the size of the continental U.S. east of the Mississippi River? In a word, it would be INDIA. Having just returned from seeing THE most fruitful, amazing ministry I’ve ever been privileged to...
Since we’re several weeks into Lent, I thought it might be beneficial to send a few thoughts your way about how to make the most of this wonderful season in the Christian church calendar. Recently Sandy & I were having a conversation with a friend who is a Muslim asking her how she...
Spring Greetings! No, I’m not talking about basketball. I’m talking about how ready all of us are for warmer weather and sunnier days. Yes, this fresh, new spring has been pretty cold, gray and dreary so far. But we all know that winter will eventually loosen...
Daylight Savings Greetings to All! That’s right. It’s already time to “spring forward” this weekend. Not that any of us will really notice losing 60 minutes of precious beauty sleep this Saturday night…but the people who have to look at us might! ...