Dear friends, On the 16th of this month early in the morning Patty and I read Psalm 16. It is a Psalm of king David entitled, “The LORD the Psalmist’s Portion in Life and Deliverer in Death.” Bottom line – we need Him in life and we certainly will need Him when we take our…
Dear friends, For many of us it is time to put away all the Christmas decorations and take one last look at the various Christmas cards we received from friends far and wide. I have a great deal of affection for these friends and family members, and I long to be with them on a…
Dear friends, Will 2019 be an “unhappy or happy new year?” I am not a prophet so I am not making any predictions for you or for me. I can confidently say however that if you are a “Jesus follower” 2019 can be a joy-filled year! If you looked up joy in the dictionary you…
Dear friends, Christmas Eve is the most common day of the year to suffer a heart attack, researchers have found. A study done in Sweden over 16 years compared the dates and times of 280,000 heart attacks. They found heart attacks peaked at 10 pm on December 24. The researchers, led by experts at the…
Dear friends, Are you sick? Sick and tired of the status quo? Have you been thinking that there must be something more? Is your life full but not fulfilling? Is there a haunting hollowness inside? Our pursuit of personal fulfillment and significance goes far beyond what Silicon Valley has to offer. When God said, “It…
Dear family, Don’t you just love waiting in long lines? Unlike all the technology we have now, I remember waiting 4 hours to register for my classes before I was even inside the building my freshman year in college. How about going to the DMV? My wife one time lost her place in line at…
Dear friends, Happy 4th of July 2 days early! If you listen to all that we are bombarded with in our IT world then perhaps you are not celebrating what is going on in our nation? If I were to take you back to when the prophet Hosea spoke to God’s people you probably would…
Dear friends, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLazbgz90c (Please watch before Sunday) Are you fond of insects? If so which one’s? I bet you didn’t know this bit of trivia: “It has long been recognized and documented that insects are the most diverse group of organisms, meaning that the numbers of species of insects are more than any other group.…
Dear beloved, Patty and I are flying from Dubai to SFO as I type! A sweet 15-hour flight – ok maybe not so sweet! I am sitting next to a woman with a little 6-month baby boy who has been crying most of the trip! Her name is Sharmin and the little guy is named…
Dear friends, I was a senior in high school, driving my hand-me-down, beat-up, faded-blue family sedan on my way to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It was a school trip and had my friend with me, riding shotgun. Some of you might remember that the old Exploratorium used to be near the Golden Gate Bridge,…