Would you pray with me ? Thank You, God, for North Koreans. They teach me how to recognize the difference between want and need. They show me what is pain and what is merely inconvenience. They demonstrate "cross", while I experience a little...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A break today from the intense reporting on North Korean matters, though today we are saddened that a Korean student has been found to be responsible for the worst school shooting in American history. I need to pull away for a day and reflect on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the KansasSenate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is whatthey heard:"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness andto seek your direction...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in a new Jaguar. While watching for kids darting out from between parked cars, there was movement on the sidewalk that made the exec slow down. As the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This is from an old newsletter I used to put out, called "Heart Cry." October, 1998. I wrote it after having viewed a spectacular air and water show in Chicago. There he was, the lonely thing, right in the midst of the glory of that day, and no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Continued from last week: ...He never marshaled an army, nor fired a gun; and yet no leader ever had more soldiers who have, under His orders, made more rebels stack arms and surrender without a shot being fired. He never practiced psychiatry, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This is Tuesday, "inspiration" day. Could anything be more inspiring than talking about Jesus Christ? From an old article put out by Maryland's Cub Hill Presbyterian Church, when John Dekker was Pastor... More than 1900 years ago "the angel of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Older believers have to "say it right." So let me first say, yes, there are some great NEW songs around. The music and the words both. Now let me tell you how I really feel... Since the "established" church seems to have trouble with the old...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I will suspend my weekly walk through I Peter this time. I give one last nod to the holiday, then bid you farewell for two weeks of travel and rest. Please write me at diakonos5@yahoo.com, or respond to this site or my own blog area,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This story comes from one of my early sermons, decades ago. I tell you up front that it's truth is profound but not literal. "Last night, John Elzy, watchman at the Grand Eagle Department Store, while making his rounds of the bargain center,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
