Merry Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve and all our guests have departed, stuffed with tamales and chili and desserts. Tomorrow’s the big day. We rejoice in the good food, good gifts and good times. The house looks great! Two of the three kids are home, which is the best we could get this year. The other… Read More »
Renewal and Restoration It’s a time of renewal and restoration around the church. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the remodeling and opening of our new chapel. This 128 year old building was not useful until it had been restored. Now, it’s useful to God’s Church again. This week, the Chitty family brought back… Read More »
I was eating lunch in the airport the other day when I became aware of the husband and wife who had just sat down at the next table. They had gotten Whataburgers. When the order was ready the wife went to retrieve it. I’m not a professional eavesdropper, but it wasn’t like they were trying… Read More »
This past Sunday morning, I preached on the passage describing the watchmen of Israel in Ezekiel 3:16-21. This was the first message the newly commissioned prophet Ezekiel received from the Lord. As a child, growing up in that day and time, Ezekiel would have seen watchmen, heard their calls of alarm, and he would have… Read More »
After Sunday morning’s service, I was thinking about everyone reading the Prayer Guide for 30 days. Be assured of this. Satan does not want our church to get involved in anything that will lead more people to Jesus! So I’m assuming there will be all kinds of distractions, busy work, sick children, emergency phone calls,… Read More »
It occurred to me… Last Monday, I was on Ogobsucun Island, visiting a Kuna family in their compound, a combination of bamboo huts. They speak Spanish as well as Kuna, so I was speaking with Anna Esquivel’s help. Grandma, mom and two daughters had just prayed to receive Christ. I was giving them a Kuna… Read More »
Dear Church Family I am in a season of refreshing because of the mission trips that God has put in my path right now. By the time you’re reading this, we will be wrapping up our mission to the Kuna Indians on the San Blas Islands off the north coast of Panama. Days like that… Read More »
It’s a hot, hot Monday afternoon. Please, Lord, send our dry country the rain we need. Blogging hasn’t been something I’ve done. I had a blog site once, but I kept forgetting to post stuff to it. That experience helped me in a way. I’m only ever gonna “blog” when I have something I want… Read More »
Dear Church Family By the end of this year, with the Lord’s help and permission, I will have had the great joy of worshiping in 14 different countries of our world. It’ s a “One Body, One Hope, One Spirit, One Calling” kind of moment. Every time I’m in those moments, my meditation is… Read More »
