Well, here we are about a week out from the Thanksgiving holiday. We all know what that meansChristmas music is right around the corner! Every November, I think about the fact there really are no...

I have been thinking about success a lot lately. What is success? How do we recognize success? Mostly, though, is success as a Christian defined by the same (or at least similar) metrics as we see in...

Welcome back to all of you; it has been a while since I have posted something so I am excited to share what God has been reinforcing in my life lately. Within our church we have been trying to...

I have been reading a lot of materials regarding discipleship and obedience recently, and faithfulness is a theme that I continue to reflect on as I go through this material. Jesus has instituted...

Who here is a fan of the 1987 film classic, The Princess Bride? It is a fun, whimsical satire of the traditional “hero saves damsel in distress and they live happily ever after” story. There is a...

Here we are a little over a year since God called me and my family out to serve at Candia Congregational Church. As I reflect on the time and opportunities I have had through this past year I am so...

A couple Sundays ago our message in service was a continuation of Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. Our primary passage was the section in Matt. 7:1-5 which is the familiar plank/speck in...

The promise that Scripture is living and active is such a beautiful truth to us as Christians. I mean logically it has to be, otherwise why would we continue to read and reread it, right? I know those...

Have any of you attempted to fix a problem only to find that new problems are created as a result? My father used to operate a radiator repair shop in my hometown and one of the problems that people...