I have been driving around with a big “I AM SECOND.com” sign on the back window of my truck ever since my adult son died of an accidental drug overdose in 2016. When people ask me what is “I AM SECOND.com” I tell them it is a website full of videos of famous and not-so-famous […]
Recently I shared how other people can encourage, inspire and speak wisdom from the Lord into your life just like the Apostle Paul did in the short visit he had with the Thessalonians before he was chased out of town. Pastor Peter West went to be with Jesus in 2011 but we used to go […]
I’ve been serving in different ministries for 26 years and there are other great men and women of God that invested in me but this picture from First Baptist in Forest City, Iowa reminded me of those delightful days in youth and family ministry in a healthy, fast growing church. I was cleaning out some […]
I’ve served as a church pastor for over 20 years and in that time I’ve seen the tragic results of people giving into sex/living together before marriage. A committed Christ-follower will not regret choosing purity over unbridled passion – beware that Satan uses lust and desire to trap couples. God created sex and it is […]
When I was around 12 years old I remember sitting in one of my parents Alfa Romeo’s and praying “Lord, please don’t let me die until I can drive!” When I was 18 I bought my dad’s 1975 Alfa Romeo Alfetta (I don’t have any video but the one I posted below sounds the same […]
This picture of me that was taken at Ocean Pacific’s Restaurant in Santiago, Chile reminded me of the quote from “Invictus” that ends with “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley, British Writer. Is that true? There is an interesting article that asks the […]
This is a short post about perspectives and how we see value in the things or life. I was driving by a state park in Jordan, Minnesota on a day so cold that they closed the schools to keep the kids at home and I noticed there were hundreds of wild turkeys all along the […]
I re-blogged this because the quotes from this Worry and Trust article are encouraging. How a fretting disposition can lead us into further problems: ‘Contentment delivers us from an abundance of temptations. Oh, the temptations that men of discontented spirits are subject to! The Devil loves to fish in troubled waters.’ (p.126)
This is a post about my cars followed by what the Bible says about cars (LOL!) For years I have thought about driving a Dodge Challenger as my 2004 Monte Carlo is about to hit 170k soon. So I took some time to test drive a 2010 Dodge Challenger SE and what a disappointment that […]
Each season of life has its own adventure, risk, anticipation, endurance and reward. Whatever season of life you are in make the best of it and be content with what God has provided for you for that day. Pray for the difficult and annoying stuff to change. Do and be the best you can be […]