Welcome to Jeopardy, Randy. "Thanks, Alex, I'll take Chaos and Stress for $1,000." And the answer is: "This picture is what it feels like." Yes, Randy: "What is the feeling you have when the moving truck will be here in 2 days?" Correct! Well, today started like usual. Packing some more, taking some more [...]
Well, good evening to all. I'm sure this journal has you sitting on the edge of your chair. Yeah, Right. Even I'm not that delusional. Well, today can you guess what we did? If you guessed that we sat in easy chairs watching TV, you will not make it to Final Jeopardy. More packing and [...]
OK, Day 3 is in the books. In 4 more days the moving company will arrive to pick up our belongings. Then, on Monday afternoon we will meet them again at our new home. I guess you could say this is entering "crunch time". At least it feels this way. Here was my day. At [...]
Well, Day 2 has come to an end in this adventure of preparing for the move. Today I preached my final message at this church. It was indeed a mixture of great joy and sadness. Hugs were everywhere--tears offered and tears fought back. Over these many years of preaching, the Spirit always challenges me and [...]
Last night I was prompted to start a journal of this journey we are facing. It's called "Moving"! One would think that as a pastor, I would eventually get accustomed to it. But I'm not. Since the Spirit has been developing this "writing thing" in me, I might as well use it. So each day [...]
I am...started to say "surprised" but really I'm not because I saw it coming from a mile away. I am...started to say "amazed" but that's not the word because there's nothing profound or significant in it. I am...started to say "speechless" but there's so much I could say. I am...started to say "fed-up" because I [...]
OK, since God calls us to be a Kingdom of Priests (1 Peter 2:9) I ask you: Whose altar is it? Priests in the Old Testament served before the Altar of God, meaning God owned that altar. If the altar is yours then the Fire of Revival will never fall on it. The fire from [...]
Do you know what an expert is? Well, listen to the word and you hear 2 words. The first word is "ex"--"ex" means former, or once was. The second word is (sounds like) "spurt"--a "spurt" is water under pressure. Therefore, an expert is a has been who is under pressure. So know that I am [...]
(I thought this one was worth sharing with all of you...certainly is thought provoking....) EIGHT SIGNS YOUR CHURCH MAY BE CLOSING SOON We call it the death spiral. I know. It’s not a pleasant term. I can understand if it causes you to cringe. By the time I am contacted about a serious problem [...]
After just a short day of working in the yard, I had an epiphany. Actually it was more like a Leroy Jethro Gibbs slap up back of the head. I am so tired of being tired. I remember when (dear Lord, I am so sounding like an old geezer!) I would work all day in [...]
Way back in 1959 there was this popular song written by Lloyd Price and Harold Logan, and recorded by Price, titled "Personality". The chorus says, "Cause you got personality. Walk, with personality. Talk, with personality. Smile, with personality. Charm, with personality. Love, with personality." I don't know why I remembered that song, but I did, [...]
21-25 With that they were on their way. They scouted out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob toward Lebo Hamath. Their route went through the Negev Desert to the town of Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of the giant Anak, lived there. Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan [...]
