It's Like Herding Cats

We're walking through a series of messages that examine the purposes of the Church through the lens of grace. Today, we looked at evange...

1 Thes. 5:11 (Msg) So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left out, no one...

Come, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish, Come at the shrine of God fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here te...

Well, we at New Hope sure had to be this weekend, as an electrical problem caused us to lose the use of our sanctuary's air condition...

The Cost So this was the cost the price you had to pay for me to be with me to save me to redeem me You laid down...

The year was 1973. At the beginning of the year, gas was still cheap, and you could still buy a car for less than $4,000 fully loaded. Sk...

With desperate and hungry people camped all over the church lawn, Jesus turns, then and now, to his followers and speaks what is either...

“Putting on Christ'...is not one among many jobs a Christian has to do; and it is not a sort of special exercise for the top clas...

While rereading the accounts of Christmas again, it occurred to me - God's powerful act of Incarnation couldn't have come to a...

One year ago, Bunny was holding a much smaller Aiden. He's grown so big. Missing him and Adam and Shonda this Thanksgiving, but thank...

I'm a man who believes in grace and mercy - and who draws strength from those deep wells more often than most realize. As a pastor of...

Bunny and I had boys, so I'll never experience what my Father in love did that December day back in 1973. Curtis Clinard had boys...

Every Wednesday for the last few years, my Subaru wagon would roll into the driveway in Valparaiso and two things would happen - I...

During the first week of school in Okaloosa County, teachers are required to eat lunch with their students in the cafeteria. It's a g...

It's Sunday after church and we're going out to eat. Now being creatures of habit, there's a certain set of restaurants we...

I love this picture! Maybe it's because I have witnessed this two times from the perspective of the man in the background,...

There's no way I can know. No way for most Americans to know. But that doesn't excuse us on Memorial Day. Every year we get...

We finished tired and happy today. No, we didn't win a trophy. But let me tell you what kind of class this is. We fell ...

It's funny how an offhand comment or question can sometimes drive me into periods of really deep thought and reflection. That's r...

Well, it's almost Christmas. The traffic is thicker and our patience is thinner. We're beginning to put one eye on the calendar a...