Whose Drumbeat Do You Follow?

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music that he hears, however measured or far away.“  Henry David Thoreau So, whose drum are you listening to? We all are hearing one you know. Listening, following. Is your drummer the incessant beat of the materialistic, hedonistic, “stuff” is the answer of our current culture? Are you caught up in the swirl of busyness and breathless aquisition that is the norm of our day? Many if not most Christians are. In fact in every measurable or discernable way the mass of what the world sees as contemporary Christianity looks no different from what they see in the mirror. We value what they value. We chase the same things they chase. The beat goes...

Are you Weary?

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”                                                                                                     Galatians 6:9  “Let us not grow weary….” Do you ever feel weary? Tired, wornout, burned out? Does the burden of being somone chosen by God to deal with the particular frustrations and difficult people that make up your life and relationships in its environment ever make you wonder if it is all worth the effort required? Do you ever feel like just chucking the whole deal and simply taking a walk? I do. One thing is for sure, if you answered “no” to any of the above you will...

It Doesn’t Matter!!

OK, so we have just had a lousy health-care bill stuffed down out throats by a group of venal and devious people led by a poser in an empty suit. We have been deceived and lied to and sold-out by backroom wheelers and dealers who promised us transparency but worked in hidden corners wielding heavy handed tactics of corrupt power politics. They have created a debt-monster that our children and grandchildren will never be able to pay for. The odor of their efforts stink to high-heaven! That’s the bad news! The good news is…IT DOESN’T MATTER!!!!!! For Christians it doesn’t matter because our God, not our government or any world power or economic system, is our source! It is He who promises to supply all we need to do all He asks… period! What God asks of us is...

Three Steps to a Better Marriage

Bonnie and I have been blessed with 35 years of successful marriage. We have had our share of struggles as we have tried to build our lives together, but we both agree, our lives and marriage are better today than they ever have been, and we look to the future with excitement and hope. I have been asked to briefly give a couple of keys to what we have found to be a way to do marriage that works. There are so many things that God has used and is using that it is hard to pick just a few. For me, not to try to over-spiritualize, but it starts with understanding, and accepting God’s role for me in our relationship. The basic concept that I am to love Bonnie as Christ loved the Church, and gave Himself up for it is where it all started. I had failed in marriage twice before coming to...