Tuesday night, after a church meeting, people were visiting in Grobowsky Hall.  I walked up to one group as Gary was speaking. I’ve always liked Gary.  He sings in our choir and has an incredible voice.   Gary was explaining to the group that because the choir is directly behind me as I preach, they must always be aware the … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 28, 2022 →

Ben is a very fine man with a great sense of humor.   The bad news is, this past Sunday, Ben fell in our parking lot. The good news is, outside of a cut on his forehead, he’s in pretty good shape. Yesterday, as Ben and I were talking on the phone, I asked if he had any … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 27, 2022 →

Rerun of Daily Devotional June 26, 2018 On Saturday morning, the first thing I did when I hopped out of bed was check the weather app on my phone. It showed there was no rain in the forecast for the next seven days.   That meant I was able to spend the entire day on my tractor cutting … Continue reading Daily Devotional July 26, 2022 →

Yesterday, for our special music in the traditional worship services, Sean and Meredith sang The Prayer. Before the first service, as they were rehearsing, I told them I had seen the sermon.  It was a real stinker and I was counting on their duet to make up for it.  They did. In my seventeen years at our church, what Sean … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 25, 2022 →

Kay is a phenomenally gifted artist and instructor.  She teaches a cardmaking class here at our church.  These cards have been sent to countless people who struggle with illness, grief, or despair.  They have made a huge difference.   Breana convinced Kay to host an art camp for the children of our church.  It was yesterday. I decided to check on the … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 21, 2022 →

Last Sunday, during the sermon, I spoke about when I was a young lieutenant in the army and how a new soldier in my platoon looked very confused.  We were in the motor pool working on tanks.  He walked up and said, “Sir, where are the sailboats?” I said, “What are you talking about?  We are in the middle … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 20, 2022 →

To understand today’s devotional, I need to explain. When I was in the army, the highest compliment my troop commander ever gave was, “You’ve done marginally adequate.”  Whenever he said that, it meant you had hit it out of the park, exceeded his high expectations, and were getting an extraordinary compliment. Now to today’s devotional.  It involves text messages from … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 19, 2022 →

Every day, when the parents pick up their children from our MDO program, a group of children visits me in Dennis Hall.  We go to the breakroom for candy. The problem is there are quite a few children and each of them likes different candy. Last week, five-year-old, Juliana came by.   When we went to the … Continue reading Daily Devotional July 18, 2022 →

Sam became a part of our church staff in the spring of 2019.  He’s our piano accompanist and the facilities coordinator.  This is a very rare combination. What makes Sam even more unique is even though he is an incredible artist and can really make the piano sing, he doesn’t have an artistic temperament.  That’s right.  He’s a gifted musician … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 14, 2022 →

This past week, Carl gave me a book he really wants me to read.  On the cover it says, “Large Print Edition.” I wonder what he was trying to tell me. Sunday, we moved the worship services to Grobowsky Hall.  After the worship service, Ted walked up and said, “The chairs are too uncomfortable for me to fall asleep.” I wonder what … Continue reading Daily Devotional for July 13, 2022 →