A friend sent “Greater” to me this morning. That was the title of today’s text message. He regularly sends texts that point me to Jesus. “He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” John said that in John 3:30. He was quite an influencer! He finished a very successful part […]

One of the most memorable childhood lessons from my dad was, “Don’t force it!” He was a great self-taught handyman and mechanic. We had a succession of old VWs that required constant fixing. Sometimes, he’d ask for my “help.” I would join in and learn a little bit about what it meant to fix something. […]

… but God can. Recently I’ve spent time with different friends who are upset about what’s happening around them. More than ever, the world seems to be characterized by constant change and lots of the change looking bad. But as I step back, I realize that worrying about what’s happening and trying to figure out […]

I read the parable of the sower in a new way recently. Howard Schultz, the most significant CEO of Starbucks, said that he learned about failure when working as a sales representative for Xerox. His job consisted mostly of making cold sales calls. He faced a massive amount of rejection. Obviously, God used that in […]

I grew up going to churches where we sang hymns. Almost all churches sang just hymns back then. One of my favorites back then was “Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting,” by Jean Sophia Pigott, written in 1876. I looked it up and enjoyed reading the lyrics: Jesus, I am resting, restingin the joy of who […]