The Persistent Decision

It was the spring of 94 or the fall of 94, I get them confused, only because we were in Australia and it was April, which is fall there but spring here. Regardless of what it's called it was April and in April in Queensland you could get these really neat torrential rainstorms that lasted…

The Compassionate Decision

He just kept right on smiling. It didn't matter what they did or what they said he just kept right on smiling. They were American army officers and he was their Korean house boy, and for what ever reason they gave him a hard time about everything, he wasn't fast enough, he wasn't polite enough,…

The Joyful Decision

To be like Christ, to be Christ like. That is the goal of most Christ followers, if you ask people who are serious about their faith where they want to go in their spiritual journey they will tell you they want to become more and more like Jesus. But what does that mean? One of…

The Certain Decision

Have you ever been disappointed with the way things are turning out but still certain of where you are supposed to be going? Joshua and Caleb followed Moses out of Egypt along with the rest of the people of Israel and during that time they had watched God provide for them time and time again.…

The Active Decision

 The entire world just disappeared. One minute it was there and the next minute, there it was gone. Well not really but it seemed like everything else had ceased to exist, and all there was left was Peter, the sea and Christ. It had started off as another boat trip across the Sea of Galilee…

The Guided Decision

Imagine having in your grasp the one thing that your heart desired more than anything. Of being assured that whatever that one thing was it was yours. What would you wish for? Understand it's not the genie thing, no three wishes but one. What would your wish be, and remember this is it, no mulligans…

The Responsible Decision

He was 19 years old and his world had fallen apart. Up to that point he had lived a relatively uneventful life. But at the age of 19 his mother died of cancer and his father was killed in an automobile accident. In his own words "I took a bad situation and made it much…

Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes.

     You ever play horseshoes? Angela's Dad loved to play horseshoes. Throughout the summer months if you are wondered where Al was all you have to do is wander down to the horseshoe pitch and there he was. Personally I'm not a big horseshoe fan, and some of you are wondering "What in the world are…

Facing the Storms of Life

Have you ever been in a really great storm? I mean a doozy of a storm? Do you remember when Juan swept through in September 03? I woke up in the middle of the night when the power went out, it actually flickered and the printer cycled on and off and woke me up. I…

When the Day of Pentecost had Come

 I wonder what they were thinking about on that day? Had they gathered together to celebrate the holidays or were they making plans for the future? We don't know where they were, why they were there or even how many of them there were. But we do know that what happened on that day changed…