Clouds at Sunset

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Father God – Part 2

“So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” (Luke 15:20) I love that verse. It’s a great story to begin with, but when you add to that how […]

Father God – Part 1

This is the first of a two-part blog post series where I’ll be highlighting three aspects of our Lord as a “dad” especially in Part 2. Here in Part 1 ~ I don’t know what kind of a dad you had. The fact is some of us haven’t had the best of examples leading us […]

Yosemite Thunderstorm Tops

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7 Mistakes Christian Bloggers Can Make

Pastor Mike here. Let’s just cut to the chase. I blog. (I video blog, too.) It’s what I do. Just as there are tricks to other trades, so there is to blogging (and especially for the Lord). I’m sharing some here in (watch for the video blog version of this soon)… 7 Mistakes Christian Bloggers […]

Mom and Dad (50 years ago)

Miracle Boy

No one could tie a tighter knot if they tried. Except this wasn’t yarn, a string or a piece of rope. It was an umbilical cord. I remember glancing at it just moments after our son was born. The doctor was saying, “This just doesn’t happen. This is a miracle. This is a miracle boy.” […]

The Crazy Story of When I Gave My Cats Away

I was signed up to go to Bible school. The problem was I had to move out of my apartment, across town and give my two cats away. The first was named: “Pepper” (she was black) and the second was named: “Danielle” (after the book of Daniel in the Bible). I put an ad in […]

Marks of a Defective Faith – Part 1

I want to talk to you about faith in a two-part blog post series. You’ve probably purchased something that was defective before. To be defective means there’s a flaw with whatever it is you bought. Right? There’s something wrong with it to cause it not to function as it said it on the box it […]

One Man

One man. That’s what our salvation rests upon. You talk about pressure. You talk about a weight on your back. The actions, commitment, faith, obedience, sacrifice ~ love ~ every single, human being who ever lived ~ where they spend eternity rests upon this one man. There’s no one else. There’s no other person. There’s […]