All People Need People

All People Need People

Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon.   We are better alone with God when our lives are not only lived alone with God. We need friends who refuse to carry the luggage of their own personal preferences into the...
Lonely People Stay Very Busy

Lonely People Stay Very Busy

Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon.    Avoidance, lack of honesty, the refusal to be authentic and transparent, keeping one’s distance. These actions describe today’s status for too many lives. Past hurts influence...
What If

What If

What if we smile today? What if we refuse to speak evil against someone else? What if we kindly state our opinions, listen to and respect others who state their opinions, disagree with them but choose to be nice to those who hold different opinions? What if we forgive...
A Season

A Season

Take time to purchase a few copies of Pause for Moms. Or get Kindle from Amazon. Today’s blog is from that book.   When the days are so hot and long, and the sun so bright, we dream of winter. Glancing forward, we miss the now. When we freeze waking up and...
Praying Now

Praying Now

There are many methods of prayer. Confession and petition, intercession and worship, silence and contemplation, reading and journaling. Praying alone or praying with friends. Eyes open and eyes closed. Words spoken or words thought. Brief prayers or lengthy prayers....
A Damaged Brain and A Loving Church

A Damaged Brain and A Loving Church

Todays blog is and excerpt from the book, Changing My Mind. You can purchase a copy HERE.    A few years ago, a pastor told me his disappointing story. His congregation had not accepted the new man an illness forced him to become. No caring. No true compassion....