A GENTLE CORRECTION In my last Blog, I stated that we have nothing to offer God that He needs. My brother Bill, a practicing psychotherapist in Raleigh with a Christian inner-healing ministry, sent me a quick email to the effect that I was not quite correct. It reads: “I enjoyed your blog today and agree […]
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER CHRIST? Marylou was visiting with her pastor about some nasty turns her life had taken, including a major health issue. “I’ve been active in this church and am a volunteer in a nursing home. I give my time and money freely to the Lord’s work and pray daily. But […]
MY FRIEND JERRY I have a friend in Michigan named Jerry, who was renewed in the spirit a few years back and is now on fire for Christ. He is the leader of a group called Michael’s men in the church he and his wife Maxine attend. We’ve come to know much about each other’s […]
THE REST OF THE STORY I arrived at the Anoka Courthouse well before Raphael’s 10 am hearing, hoping to talk to Larry, his public defender. The time had been changed to 1 pm. I called Larry to find out if he had talked to the prosecutor (an assistant county attorney) about an Alford Plea – […]
JEHOVAH JIRAH Jehovah Jirah means “the Lord will provide.” Don’t ever doubt that the Lord will provide. I was on my way to Anoka yesterday to appear at a court hearing for Raphael, my prisoner friend who came to the Lord when I was conducting a Gideon prison ministry session at the Wright County Jail […]
FORGIVENESS Forgive, and you will be forgiven. – Luke 6:37 Some years back I was coaching a woman who wanted to be free of a depression that had been following her around like a black dog for many years. She said she felt God was against her. It became clear to me that her problem […]
A BUCKET I had a dream on the last day of 2010 in which I was a bucket about to be dropped into the ocean. I don’t know who was going to drop me or why; perhaps I never knew. Dreams are sketchy that way. These are the words I recorded in my journal at […]
WHAT COULD I HAVE DONE? In the last blog I said I’d tell you today what I could have done to keep Jesus in mind at the golf outing last week. I have changed my mind. I’m not a paragon of Christianity, and to use myself as a shining example would be presumptuous at best […]
PRISON MINISTRY I’m a Gideon, and it was my turn to be at the Wright County Jail last Sunday for a Bible study. In the past few months, we’ve had up to fourteen prisoners come in at a time to hear about Jesus. One of two Gideons assigned for the day usually has a lesson […]
LITTLE ALICE MEETS JESUS My granddaughter, not yet five, was looking forward with great excitement to a breakfast of sugared cereal at her daycare center, something she is not allowed to have at home. Alice’s Nana, my wife, was helping her dress and otherwise get ready to leave. Mornings are not the best time for […]