this is just a glimpse of God's grace at work in my life. i pray that it will be an encouragement to others on the journey.
The following is an excerpt which I wrote to be published on the final page of Karlyn and my wedding program/ handout. While recently sorting through boxes at home, I came across this again. I had forgotten that I had written it. But, when reading it again, I was encouraged and exhorted to continue on [...]
Trinidad? Where is that? This was one of the first questions that I had when I was asked to go on this trip. For the third year in a row, Tim Chevalier, a friend and fellow construction worker, asked me to go to with Him to Trinidad. He had been to Trinidad already eleven times; [...]
We all have heard the pagan carol “Santa Claus is coming to Town.” You know: “You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry, you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why, ‘Santa Claus is coming to town.’ He’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out whose naughty or nice, ‘Santa Claus is coming [...]
This last week has been a wonderful week for me in the sense that I know that God has not given up on me. This is a good thing seeing that I attempted to be God this last week. In His grace, God has given me a neat opportunity for ministry in a certain person’s [...]
“What this world needs is not another hit wonder with an axe to grind – Another two bit politician peddling lies – Another three ring circus society – What this world needs is not another sign waving super saint that’s better than you – Another ear pleasing candy man afraid of the truth – Another [...]
This is a quote that I heard some years ago, but it has stuck in my mind. Recently, through various interactions, I have been faced with the idea of morality versus Christ. Unfortunately, many people carelessly link morality with Christianity – to be moral is to be Christian. This is not to say that morality [...]
So I hope that no one has been losing sleep over whether or not there was actually a second part of my trip to the Maritimes. I can now reassure you that there was in fact a part 2 to my trip. I apologize that it has taken so long to finish my story. I [...]
It had been winter for almost one hundred years in Narnia. It was the White Witch, with her evil power, who made it always winter. She had made an enchantment over the entire country, always winter, never Christmas. However, hope dawned as the Narnian prophecies were beginning to be fulfilled. Wrong will be right, when [...]
For some reason I have either seen signs, t-shirts, etc. or heard this topic addressed multiple times over the last few weeks. So, I thought that I would share a few thought that I have on the subject. Some seem to advovate that there is specific appropriate attire when attending church. The thought behind it [...]
I am continuing the subject of my last post on purpose. This subject has come up in conversations on several different occasions with different people over the last couple of weeks, so I wanted to share more of what I mean when I refer to the Gospel in relationship to school. I have attended four [...]