I am a reader. I always have been and hopefully always will be. In a good week I digest and absorb several books that help me to grow personally as well as in my chosen profession as a preacher and teacher of God’s Word. In a tough week when things don’t go as planned I […]
The Bible states: “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins … We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:10, 19). We didn’t love God, but He loved us. We didn’t deserve this gift of […]
I am a people person and I am an introvert. That may sound like a contradiction but really it is not. As an introvert I need personal time and personal space. I need to be away from others so that I can think, feel, and process. However, I like being with people simply because I […]
https://rhm.podbean.com/e/sometimes-i-deceive-myself/ Slogan: Deception Infection I don’t watch a lot of television but I do watch on You Tube parts of American Idol I am careful, since it does sound kind of … idolatrous If you were to watch the first few shows of the season — when the judges travel around the country for […]
The Bible states: “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins … We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:10, 19). We didn’t love God, but He loved us. We didn’t deserve this gift of […]
Sometimes small steps of faith reverberate for centuries. At the beginning of the 1700’s, in the small village of Ženklava in the Moravian part of the Czech Republic, a young carpenter named Christian David came to faith in Christ. The Catholic Hapsburgs ruled the land at the time, Bibles were outlawed for the common man, […]
https://rhm.podbean.com/e/sometimes-miss-the-big-picture/ It seems we all have issues we need to be dealing with This week I have been helping some of the young people I work with deal with issues of guilt, anger, and greed It is interesting to note: Guilt says, “I owe you” Anger says, “You owe me” Greed says, “I owe […]
https://rhm.podbean.com/e/sometimes-i-am-afraid-i-will-fail/ Everyone faces a fear or two in their lifetime … One fear that I have faced a number of times over the last 50 years has been fear of failure … looked a little different each time Fear of not being able to live up to my ordination vows Fear of failing to be […]
Dad and mom were generous with the advice they offered as I was growing up … They would often look at a situation and give me their viewpoint even when I was not looking for input In hindsight they had a lot of wisdom which they were sharing when they thought it would help […]
https://rhm.podbean.com/e/sometimes-i-suck-at-handling-criticism/ The truth is, I suck at handling criticism — especially nitpicking, ignorance-based, selfishly motivated, unjustified criticism. Alright, I admit it — Sometimes I suck at handling any kind of criticism. At my age you would think I should be able to rise above it. I hate the way it always gets to me. This […]