Valentine's Day has come and gone. Now what? It's easy to "love" someone on a day that is dedicated to "love". And although it's not wrong to love when it's "expected"; Jesus said that we (the Church) are to be Known for Love. What does that mean? On a recent mystery visit with a church;...
Valentine's is just a few days away. I'm amused when I walk by the Valentines' Card section and see men standing and roaming through cards on the rack. None look impressed. Too many to chose from. None feel like something they'd actually say. But men are expected to give a card and...
It's fall. With the turning of the calendar page, September arrives, then Labor Day, then...
I love watching Shark Tank on TV. If you haven't seen it, it's basically a show where a panel of rich business people hear the basic business plan of small (with potential big) business owners. Each person believes in their product. They all think their products will sell to a mass audience. But...
Valentines Day is this week. I must confess that I'm not a huge Valentines Day promoter. In fact, I've often thought it's a day invented by the card industry to get us to buy cards and gifts. But I'm wrong. Way back in 2-300 AD, an early Christian (named Valentine) was martyred. And in...
I love how 1 Corinthians 13 comes right after 1 Corinthians 12. You're thinking, what else would 13 come after? But the content is interesting; that chapter 12 is all about spiritual gifts. Then along comes 13. All about love. Love. Agape love. The kind that's perfect. Just like God. We're to be known for...
My 15 year old son just got back from a missions trip in Baltimore. He shared lots of stories and opportunities of witnessing to people on the street, to convicts in prison and to church congregations. He's a genuine teenager, so his eyes lit up when he talked about the meals and...
This week, I returned from a week-and-a-half-long business trip. I love to travel but these few days away from my family and the business got it "out of my system" for a while. I left on an early (!) morning flight, flew from Greensboro, NC to Washington Dulles airport, then to Toronto to discover...
