My Testimony: Bearing Another’s Burdens

Jul. 2, 2025 by

My family and I are visiting Wichita, Kansas where our son, Elijah lives. For a few weeks prior to our departure, our van kept acting up with an intermittent shudder. I had some processes I could undertake to stop the

My Testimony: Words at Just the Right Time

Jun. 25, 2025 by

In September 2024, I traveled to Malawi, Africa to grow our ministry partnership with Jesus Power Ministries and Bishop John Chirwa. In my first trip in 2023, I was introduced to a few villages, and the amazing ministry God is

My Testimony—God’s Voice in Music

Jun. 18, 2025 by

Music has always been a major part of my adventure with Jesus. From Sunday morning worship to Sunday night sing-spirations to concerts of all different kinds, I have experienced everything from traditional hymns to metal band Christian music. The words

My Testimony: God’s Puzzle

Jun. 11, 2025 by

In 1996, when God called me into ministry, I was relatively certain my calling was not to local church ministry. Yet, as the grandson of a pastor; the son of a pastor; and the brother of a pastor, I was

My Testimony: God’s Timing

Jun. 4, 2025 by

Life comes at us so quickly, it could be easy for us to miss how God’s timing is at work. On Sunday, my family went for a walk to the local ice cream shop. It was a beautiful evening. The

Seek Me

May. 28, 2025 by

When complacency and apathy enter people’s spiritual life, they move from participants to spectators. They become consumers instead of engaged shared producers in the ongoing growth of the community. A sense of entitlement enters the relational dynamic where the guiding

Faithful to Hear

May. 21, 2025 by

Did you hear me? This was a question asked repeatedly in our house when all the boys were living at home. My wife or I would instruct the boys to do something and the action we desired was not done.

Plan For The Community

May. 14, 2025 by

Last week we investigated the first part of Jeremiah 29:11 where the “you” is plural, speaking to a community for whom God has a plan. God is one who works in the life of a community, while working in the

Plans for You

May. 7, 2025 by

My wife and I have two children graduating this year: one from university (Micah) and one from high school (Isaiah). These milestones cause me to become introspective and sentimental as I remember when they were born. I took them in

Expectations: Thomas

Apr. 30, 2025 by

In a recent conversation with family, we were talking about the phenomenon of FOMO—”The Fear of Missing Out.” People who suffer from FOMO, tend to be scattered and want to be everywhere at one time for fear they will miss