In a typical gold mining operation, the mining company must move tons of dirt in order to get a few grams of gold.  Let’s put that to scale for you.  Imagine a cube of dirt, three feet by three fee by three feet.  Now somewhere within that cube is the gold, which would be about [...]

In 1986, Motel 6 started an advertisement campaign which always ended with “We’ll leave the lights on for you”.  These ads were designed to instill a feeling of “we’re here for you, any time”.  I’d say that it was pretty effective, since when I needed a hotel I’d look for one of theirs.  And considering [...]

Seems like an obvious question, doesn’t it?  After all, I spelled f-a-i-t-h right there in the title of this post.  So I guess I’m not really asking how do you spell faith, but more like what does faith mean?  What does it look like?  How does it feel? In the book of Hebrews, chapter 11 [...]

The Ancient Greek aphorism “Know thyself” was inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.  We have heard this small simple phrase uttered many times through out history and literature.  But have you ever stopped to really think about what those two words mean?  What are their implications on your life? At [...]

From the moment you were born, words have been spoken to you.  From your mothers first words of admiration, to your co-workers admonishment shouted in anger today.  People often will say something which is mean spirited in a joking manner, such as “Oh you dummy, just kidding!”  While others speak things such as “wow, you [...]

Today was quite a busy day.  Earlier this morning, I bought six new fruit trees and two berry bushes.  We had a rough, dry, hot year last year in Texas and we lost quite a few younger trees.  This year, we decided to plant some raspberries and blackberries as well. Well, today was also our [...]

One of the things I was known for, sadly, is my temper.  Any time something went wrong I was always quick to fly off the handle and raise my voice in anger.  While I feel God is still working with me in this, there have been milestones passed.  I’m often asked, “How do I know [...]

I was reading Acts chapter 14 the other day, when God really made something rhema to me that I’d like to share.  I’ve read the book of Acts many many times, and never really saw this until God showed it to me. Let’s take a look into what Luke wrote about the ministry of Paul [...]

I recently had the chance to lead a discussion in a school I was once a student in.  First, that was a great honor, that I was able to teach future pastors!  Second, God showed me something really cool that I just have to share with you. The class was to watch the movie Appalachian [...]

So, in 1986 at the age of 18, I joined the US Army.  I served for 5 years with the 18th Airborne Corp, and every week  we trained.  We would run for miles, do hundreds of pushups, hundreds of situps and who knows how many other exercises.  It was easy, because we did it all [...]