Kingdom Hearts

New Years is always a fun time for me. One, because it marks the end of the holiday season, and by this time, I am usually ready for it to be over. Two, because it means my birthday is only one day away. Although I have to admit, I am looking less and less forward [...]

Colin Cowhered has it right. By the way, I love Colin. He has a great radio show on ESPN. Often I feel that it is too bad I am so busy, because I would love to take 3 hours every morning to listen to him. He is smart, he is funny, sarcastic (now you know [...]

About a week ago, someone close to me told me that he was praying for me. Of course, it means a lot when someone says something of this nature because it usually means you are important enough to them that they think about you even when they are not with you. It is always nice [...]

In Isaiah 7:14 we read the announcement of the forthcoming Messiah. “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” We see this prophecy fulfilled in Matthew 1:21-23. “She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS: [...]

I wrote this a few months back when my wife had to leave town for a couple of days and I kept the boys by myself. They taught me a great lesson.
Yesterday was an interesting day at the office. First, I am by myself with the boys this week, as my wife needed to go [...]

Sunday morning, between Bible Class and worship, I was visiting with people in the auditorium as I always do, and one of my friends asked me how my weekend had gone. For some reason, I did not respond right away. I wasn’t sure how to answer the question. On one level, it was one of [...]

I love the psalms. My wife will agree in that I don’t get by as well during the day, if I don’t get my morning dose of the psalms. Many of you have often heard me refer to the psalms as my heart medicine that I have to take each day. The psalms will change [...]

“Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ [...]

This morning has been a stunning one. I’m lost for words. I’m in a situation where I want so badly to say something to make a family feel better and I have no idea what to say.
In the middle of the night last night, a person associated with the congregation where I preach, died. He [...]

One of my all-time favorite childhood memories is watching old Jerry Lewis movies with my mom and laughing hysterically. It usually would get to the point where we were likely laughing harder at one another than we were at the actual movie itself. Well, I found this on youtube. It is a scene from the [...]