I am increasingly disgusted with my society . . . And myself. If social media has done anything to us, it has made us into professional pundits and quick-draw responders. From the obviously poor parenting of zoo-goers, to the clearly poor judgment of zoo owners, to the (more close to home) poor use of the…

I encountered the following while reading my Bible this morning. I have read through the Bible in a year using many various programs, but this year I am reading through the ESV from Genesis to Revelation in about 3-4 chapters per day. Having read this before, it must not have struck me in the same…

  My Facebook page is blown up with politics.  And so I can only assume that everyone wants to know what everybody else thinks.  So I thought I would share it here to avoid having everyone ask me what I think one on one.  Consider this blog a preemptive discussion to serve all of those…

  Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Today I am not only wearing some green but even have some shamrocks on my shirt.  The ironic thing, is that I got dressed and headed off to the hospital to pray for someone pre-surgery before I even knew it was St. Patty’s Day.  How lucky is that!? But this…

  Maybe you noticed too, but there seems to be something going on in the government of the United States.  Some people are trying to get your attention because they would like you to vote for them!  Is it working?  Has someone made it to the top of the heap in your opinion?  Be sure…

What would you do with the money!?  Quick math (you can check on me) indicates that you would need to spend $136,986 per day in order to spend 1.5 billion dollars in 30 years!  I know the pay out wasn’t a full 1.5 billion dollars but little math games like this put big numbers into…

  I do not know why I have a Master’s Degree in Muslim Studies. Let me be clear. It wasn’t an accident, like I woke up one morning with a headache and a fuzzy recollection of taking a bunch of classes in Muslim Theology. What I mean is that I haven’t figured out God’s plan for…

Update January 2019:  This post was originally published in October 2015.  In 2018, God brought Sharron Sternbergh to ReCAST.  She has had an abortion herself and has been a certified counselor with Healing Hearts since 2006, a ministry originally started to minister to post-aboritve women.   She is passionate about helping other women experience true healing,…

  The new clothes have been purchased and are all lined up in the closet. The pencil top erasers are all ready to remove some rare mistakes. The trapper keepers are all stocked with lined and ruled notebook paper. Okay, maybe not trapper keepers . . . But some of you knew what I was…

  Way back on July 20, 2012, just moments after midnight, James Holmes walked into a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado armed to the teeth with the only goal being that he would kill people. After killing 12 and injuring 70 others his gun jammed and he walked out of the theater and surrendered to…

  I have been a member of Anytime Fitness since January and have been there doing cardio or lifting a few times a week.  Fitness and motivational speeches go together like coffee and doughnuts!  And sometimes I roll my eyes and find the posters and “you can do it, rah, rah” type stuff a bit…

I have been reading a lot in preparation for my new sermon series “The Rest of the Week”.  I am attempting to encourage the dignity of everyday work through the teaching of Scripture.  It has been pretty rare in my experience to have the church talk about the work that takes up the majority of…