Is that all there is to life?

I watched a TV drama focused on harming children–a representation cause and effect, like dominos, as only happens on television. Or does it? After trying for two long days and nights to stop her baby’s fussing, a young single mother accidentally smothers her child as she carries the crying baby back and forth, wrapped in… Read More

Colossians 2:1-3 You are not in this alone.

We are all–individuals and churches–woven into God’s tapestry of love. We pray for each other, we work for each other, we love each other–all in God’s plan and all in His hands.      Colossians 2:1-3 (The Message) I want you to realize that I continue to work as hard as I know how for… Read More

Colossians 1:24-25 Praise God from whom all blessings flow

Is there anyone who asks God for suffering? That’s a little different from seeing it coming, knowing that if you follow God you will suffer. Even then, we hope to avoid it. But through suffering, we grow in our faith and share the gospel. Through a recent illness of an infant grandson, (he suffered physically,… Read More

Defined or fluid?

SYSTEM or TALENT POOL: On January 4 I presented my theory about dividing coaches into these two general camps. SYSTEM coaches believe in a game plan, a system, which will bring success. Players have very specific roles to play and their responsibility is to learn and fulfill those roles. TALENT POOL coaches adapt their systems… Read More