thankful for… or thankful to?

In the next few days Americans will celebrate the national holiday of Thanksgiving.  I’ve got my turkey ordered and will pick it up on Tuesday to start brining and eventually smoking it.  Yum! is not even close to the right word for that. Coast to coast, people...

not knowing what to pray…

Sometimes circumstances get the best of us, and we don’t know how to pray, really pray the way that God wants… I’m sorry I missed you last weekend.  I like to send out my weekly thoughts on Saturday or Sunday… but this week life was a little...

How I got a spiritual kick in the butt…

It takes the body of Christ to reach a lost world and build disciples in every language Have you ever been asked a question that caught you completely flat-footed?  One that made you rethink how clever and smart you were, and come to realize that you weren’t as...

It’s more important than oxygen

Without it we will die a sad and hopeless death. As we follow the Apostle Paul’s path on his second missionary journey, we come to a very curious place.  Luke gives the oddest description of the religious people that lived there. After being chased out of...