I have had two recent meetings and a couple of passing conversations at the coffee shop about the nation of Israel.  It also came up at our Saturday morning men’s group.  The two sit-down meetings were from visitors feeling out what kind of church we are.  They were coming from two different churches who have…

My youngest just turned 18 years old on January 7th!  Suddenly my immediate family is full of adults.  It has been a journey.  At times slow and a slog, and other times racing by like sand between my fingers.  It took Einstein to prove scientifically that time is relative, but it took me raising kids…

I read 50 books this year spanning from the weighty “Systematic Theology” by Wayne Grudem to the tiny and quick, “Policy Governance Model” by Carver. A few of the books were indulgent science fiction fantasy novels that are not really worth a mention.  Several of them were commentaries on a specific book of the Bible…