How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? This has been an important verse for my ministry since […]
Who in their right minds tells people today to “try less”? Not a coach in the world would tell his players to “not try too hard”. No orchestra director, no CEO, no leader ever would put up a poster in their office of a person swinging in a hammock taking a nap with a thick […]
This world seems a terribly unjust place. As I hear from my black friends stories of their terror at a simple traffic stop because of all the shootings that have been reported, I cry at this world’s injustice. As I hear from woman after woman who identifies with the #MeToo movement, and not a few […]
Yesterday, a young man from my church walked up to me, put a piece of paper over my head, and proclaimed, “Pastor Steve, you’re under arrest.” I looked up to see the piece of paper had a musical quarter rest drawn on it. Get it? “Under A Rest”. I told him, “there’s nothing like a […]
What was your name for your father growing up? For us, he was daddy, but I’ve heard titles from bampa to father, from pops to sir. We all have names for our father or father figure – seldom do I meet anyone who called him by his actual name except as a phase in high […]