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I recently found myself in a hospital for a few days after being so sick I couldn’t eat anything for three days. After I got out, I gave myself time to recuperate and heal. However, I was lending the ministry pickup truck and trailer to a friend and it had the wrong hitch ball on it. So, I did what I always do – I went to the shed and got a huge wrench so I could remove it and replace it with the smaller one I needed on there. Well, I couldn’t remove it. I had absolutely NO s

Unless you happen to be family, a person over whose soul I watch on behalf of God (the Biblical practice of pastoral relationship or discipleship) or on our ministry’s prayer team, you probably are unaware that since December 2021 I’ve had a few health problems. Before Thanksgiving last year my body began to collect fluid, in particular, around my lungs. I experienced extreme shortness of breath which I incorrectly attributed to asthma, something my body has been familiar wit

A few years ago, one of my beloved daughters in the Lord described what she saw in how I conduct myself – especially in times of trial. (I hope she can still see this trait in me all these years later. She said, “You just keep moving along. You never stop. You never let it get to you.” And then she described me lumbering along with my typical older guy gait. There was, at the time, a little disappointment in her attitude that I didn’t freak out under pressure – and to be sure