I drove by our old house the other day and the lawn looked great. I was a little concerned when put the sod down when the house was built. You see when the sod was delivered the driver told me that it was demon possessed. Honest! At least I think that’s what he meant when…
Would you like. . .
I read the other day that the most frequently asked question today was . . . “Would you like fries with your order!” Profound, to say the least. Now I did not read that the most important question asked today was. . . “Would you like fries with your order!”, just the most frequently asked,…
The Promise
It wouldn’t be long and he knew it. For three years he had taught throughout Israel, for three years he had healed the sick and fed the hungry. For three years he pointed people to the Kingdom of God, but the time was coming, it wouldn’t be long now and he knew it. The end…
Choices. . .
It was a tragedy. A young man lost his life and another man had his life changed forever. Like many people, I watched the video of Sammy Yatim being shot in Toronto last week and, like many people, I felt a sense of rage. Really, nine shots? And then they tased him. Seems a little…
Back to the Future
Back to the Future So this was how it would end. Public humiliation and possibly a public death for a private act, an act that they had never been intended to be shared with others and certainly not made public. It had all started out innocently enough, a shared glance, an innocent touching of hands,…
Blast from the Past
In the Spring of 1997 I had managed to grow our baby church from 82 to 43. This was the Penn that I wrote to the survivors of the "Spring of Tuesdays" on May 11, 1997It’s the dawning of a new day, a new chapter in the book, the beginning of a new era! My…
Critics are like. . .
Angela and I saw a great movie last week. I know this isn’t the place for movie reviews but it was funny and exciting and we really enjoyed it. Unfortunately that wasn’t the view of most of the critics. It was panned and ridiculed in the media and as a result lost a boatload of…
Here today. . .
He was a million times richer than Bill Gates. . . for a day. Think of the possibilities. Last week Chris Reynolds became the world’s richest man . . . for a while. Imagine the Pennsylvania account executive’s surprise when his monthly statement from Pay Pal showed a balance of $92,233,720,368,547,800, that’s 92 quadrillion dollars. …
Mission Statement of the Church
For those of you who have kids and can remember leaving their children alone, whether it was for an hour, an evening or a day you understand that the most important thing that you wanted to them to remember were your last words. “I love you, remember your homework”, “I love you don’t forget to…
No Ransom
In November of this year I will be travelling to Peru with an international relief agency on what is referred to as an “Exposure Trip”. So this week I filled out the eight page “Travel Release” form that is required before I travel. I have done this different times for different agencies, but this time,…