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During my 20+ years of ministry I have seen wolves come in and destroy sheep. The wolves I am talking about are not the four-legged kind or even the two-legged kind. As a matter of fact these wolves are not even flesh and blood, they are ideas. I called these ideas folk religion. Folk religion is on...

There is something comforting about God knowing me intimately. It is comforting to know that God knows me through and through, the knows everything about me. God knows my motivations and my past better than I do. the comfort comes from knowing that God knows all of that and still loves me, cares for...

I had a particularly troubling conversation with a parishioner several weeks ago that would go well under this heading. She was a young single mom that had been really growing in her faith and sang in one of our worship bands for a while. She was about to start leading a divorce recovery class in th...

For healing to begin the sickness or injury must first be acknowledged. I sometimes see people that are walking wounded who will never admit that the root of their "illness" is their own behavior. The most difficult things I have ever done is to hold people accountable for their walk with ...

I remember the fear and inadequacy I felt when I realized I was training to become a pastor. It was overwhelming for a while. Then I remember hearing in my spirit, "You don't have to do it alone, I am with you." How I have needed those words from time to time. Now, as I face my 23rd year o...