Oct 7, 2025
Scripture Genesis 1:31 — “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” There was this moment two summers ago when everything just… clicked. Tom and I went to visit his brother and sister-in-law at their home at Bass Lake. I barely knew any of...
Sep 30, 2025
We like to think we see the world clearly. That we’re fair, open-minded, and without prejudice. But if we’re honest? All of us carry biases we don’t even realize are there. They creep in through the culture we grew up in, the stories we’ve been told, and the...
Sep 30, 2025
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” – Matthew 7:3 Saturday at King Canary, seven-year-old boys threw rocks at strangers on a deck. When corrected, one child’s...
Sep 25, 2025
Scripture: Proverbs 27:6 — “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.” One of the trickiest, biggest tensions I live with is working alongside Layne. She’s my daughter — which means there’s a deep love, a natural desire to protect her,...
Sep 24, 2025
Scripture: “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.” — Luke 6:32–35 We all have people we’d rather avoid. Maybe...
Sep 22, 2025
Scripture Joel 2:12 — “Return to me with all your heart, declares the Lord.” When I first began ministry in this area 20+ years ago, GPS in our cars and on our phones was not a thing. So, my senior pastor became my GPS. We alternated going to the...
