In the 1st Century A.D, there was a Celt living in Galilee whose name was Padraic. This same Padraic happened to be in the crowd who listened to Jesus preach the Sermon on the Mount, as we call it today. That day, he was transformed in an instant, like the flipping of a switch from […]
I asked a good Christian friend of mine what his take was on the pandemic that has engulfed the world from a spiritual standpoint. This was his reply. “The pandemic or a lightning strike should renew our humility before God and our dependence on His grace and mercy for all mankind and His seen creation […]
Last Sunday, I went to a service at Crossroads Church in Woodbury, Minnesota. It’s our oldest son’s church, and we were there for the weekend. This particular Sunday was Crossroads Youth Service Sunday, and my wife and I were in for a big treat. Twelve young people declared that they wanted to follow Jesus for […]
Some of you know that I’m a volunteer chaplain at the Wright County Jail and also visit some 15 jails and at least 5 drug rehab facilities each year to talk to inmates and addicts. If you’re at all interested in what I talk to them about, I have published a new book called 7 […]
It is heart wrenching to hear a young believer cry out, “Why me? Why do I have cancer? It isn’t fair.” In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 This is Jesus’ answer to the young woman’s lament. This world is filled with death, disease, and […]
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 Satan is the prince of this present world; and he promotes death, disease, and destruction. But Jesus came to overcome Satan and the world, and He has. He overcame death when he raised Lazarus from the grave. He […]
What a wonderful privilege to be able to witness God’s amazing work with addicts and inmates! If the story I’m about to tell you wasn’t a result of the involvement of God in time, you’d think it was straight out of the Twilight Zone. I met Jenna last Friday afternoon in the Wright County Jail, […]
I haven’t posted for quite some time. There are two reasons for that. Reason Number One: I was in Ireland the first part of April, returning home April 17. It was a wonderful trip. The highlight arrived on a day I wandered by St. Paul’s Church on Arron Quay (pronounced key) in Dublin and sought […]
I sat in a county courtroom last Tuesday morning waiting for Andrew (not the Andy of the last two blogs) to be brought in for sentencing. He had plead guilty to 3rd degree burglary, a crime he committed when he was so wasted on drugs that he thought he was entering his own garage. I’d […]
Inmates I meet with as a chaplain feel as comfortable talking with me as they would their minister. They tell me the truth as to what they did to get into jail. Some even tell me of crimes they committed that they weren’t charged with. Only two men in the past two years have claimed […]