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  Dear Friends, This past Friday I spoke at Grandparents Day at Heritage Christian School (we have four grandchildren who are students at Heritage).  It was one of the most fun talks I've ever given because I got to talk about my grandkids. Here are THREE OF FUNNY...

Dear Friends, As a pastor of a congregation and chaplain for Fishers Police and Fire Departments there are times when I get overwhelmed with the hurting people around me.  Often in waves, I walk with people through one difficulty after another until it begins to take...

This picture is when our son, Graham was just 7 years old.  We had been teaching him to learn how to match his clothes.  We explained how the colors of your pants and shirt should match or at least compliment each other. One morning we were leaving for worship and...

Dear Friends, "One of the most difficult things to do in life is to trust God."  Have you ever heard anyone say that, or have you ever thought it yourself?  Everything in us wants to take matters into our own hands and make something happen.  Waiting on God and...

Dear Friends, I recently read a book Entitled "With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God" by Skye Jethani.  It challenged the way we think of, and relate to God.  I hope you will listen to my story as an illustration of the concepts developed in this book. BELIEVED...

Dear Friends, During times in my life when I was suffering the most (like when my wife was killed by a drunk driver or when my son had a traumatic brain injury) many Christians tried to provide comfort and consolation.  Although their heart was in the right place,...

Dear Friends, Have you ever prayed for God to lead you?  Has there been a situation where you were truly seeking His will and His direction in your life?  Have you asked Him to show you how to make the right next step? After the Lord miraculously healed Graham, He...

Dear Friends, Some of you are currently going through a difficult test…or you know someone who is.  It might be a tragedy, a sickness, a death in the family, a financial disaster, a loss of a job or relationship, but it is causing an extreme emotional struggle.  Can...

Dear Friends, About 4,000 years ago there was a godly man by the name of Job (pronounced Jobe) whose day started like any other, but by late evening his life was in shambles.  We learn that this was the result of a test that God had allowed.  In this test he lost his...

Dear Friends, This past week I read a biography on one of my heroes of the faith:  Jonathan Edwards.1  He was born in 1703 in Connecticut and by the time he was 18 years old began writing a series of resolutions that he determined would guide his life.  In 1741, while...