Heart and Mind

Sitting in my recliner at 2 am not long ago I heard a sound, the sound of a train breaking through the silence of the night. While sitting there thinking of the comfort that a train whistle brought to my sleepless morning I began to think of other sounds. A windmill creaking while the wind…

It was a beautiful April morning in 1998. What made it beautiful was not that spring was in full bloom, not that the sun shone brightly in the eastern sky, no what it made it beautiful was that it was a Sunday morning. A morning that most in America, Christians, attend worship services and offer…

The year of 2007 was a turning point for my son and me. A turning point because we were at odds with each other. My son, in my opinion, was not living the kind of life that he was taught as a child and growing up in the Lord. Before I get into the one…

Successful living is defined in different ways, but it is the ambition of every intelligent person.   I know several very successful individuals that have achieved great wealth and status. By the world's definition, they would be successes. There is a vital link missing in our lives when we do not care deeply about the progress…

Standing before the minister on that beautiful day, the young man heard the words: "…to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do we part:"  The answer was easy and expected – "I do!"…

The first time I heard the song was on a Sunday morning at the beginning of a gospel meeting.  The man leading the singing was our pulpit minister. He had a background in music. Before he became a missionary and preacher of the gospel he was a band director. His big booming bass voice was…

1 Thessalonians 2:7-10.  (7) But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.  (8) So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.  (9) For…

Eph. 4:1-3 (1) I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, (2) with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, (3) eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.…

God’s love is present! "Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope. Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:21-23 Experiencing God's love and receiving the comfort it is intended to bring depends on…

Mid-October signals the time for me. What time you might ask? The time for the holidays. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Not because of the feast that many hands prepare, but rather for the time together as family. It is a time when we are able to place our busy lives on the “back burner”…