The very words of God
Lynn: Public Bible reading in worship has strong biblical support. When Moses gave the Torah to Israel, he commanded the people to read it...
Hope to see you again—and why that might happen
Do you remember the least favorite of essays you had to write every new school year? “How I spent my summer vacation” or something...
A durable calling
I recently celebrated 25 years of pastoral ministry at Mountain View Church in Fresno, California. You can’t help but reminisce a little when you...
Praying like Jesus
Do you believe that God can do more in the next years than he has done in the past years? Three years ago, we...
The place we’ve never been
It was early 2007 and our son and daughter were strapped into their booster seats in the back of the minivan. My wife was...
Celebrating how our past must impact our future
I was born into a Mennonite Brethren family, and I didn’t fully understand its significance until I grew up, so to speak. I am...
Avoiding tarnished teaching
How does your church select from the many stewardship curriculums available today? Do you gravitate to what everyone else is using or the one...
How’s the connection?
One summer during my early teens our church vacation Bible school organizers recruited me to modernize our VBS program using a computer, projector and...