A while back I had lunch with a full-time pastor for whom I have the utmost respect. We eventually began discussing my struggle with whether or not to remain an "ordained" elder in our denomination. That led to a deeper...

To me a Christian is either a man who lives in Christ or a phony. You Christians do not appreciate that it is on this - the almost external testimony that you give of God - that we judge you....

One of the best books I've read this year is a small volume entitled, Listening for the Heartbeat of God. One day in January that beautiful brown box with the curvy Amazon arrow showed up and greeted me upon coming...

I spent most of my years growing up in a little town in Illinois named after some guy with the last name of Willis who had started a coal mine. The town grew up around the coal mine and flourished...

I was particularly aware of a stark contrast this past weekend. Sunday morning my wife and I drove to the building where our church gathers. We walked in and waded through the two-way crowd of people, one lane rushing out...