Monthly Archives: June 2016

Exit plans

Posted on June 29, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Our mission team is making great progress drywalling a home this week in South Carolina.  We will finish drywall and probably start mudding it today. However, there is one wall we can’t do until another electric outlet gets put it … Continue reading →

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No bad prayer

Posted on June 28, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

I’m with a team working with Samaritan’s Purse in South Carolina on a home that was flooded this past October in the massive floods here.  With staff and other volunteers, we routinely circle up with 30 people to pray.  Then … Continue reading →

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And then the unexpected happened

Posted on June 25, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

“Group starts to sing and then THIS happens…” “Reporter doesn’t see this coming…” “Boy asks girl out and you won’t believe what happens next…” Continue reading →

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What hope is there?

Posted on June 24, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

I listened to Pastor David Wilkerson this morning (from a sermon he delivered several years ago) talk about one of the most important pastors in Hungary who was killed after developing a blood clot after suffering a severe burn.   … Continue reading →

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Between the Sundays

Posted on June 23, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

This morning from the pastor’s office window at the church I can see Diane running around the parking lot.  The Flintstones comes to mind.  I always noticed the same rock and tree going by in the background as Fred and … Continue reading →

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God’s not done

Posted on June 22, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

I remember a t-shirt from when I was a kid that had a picture of Garfield the cat and it said, “What, me worry?”  Garfield was not easily flustered.  I tend to worry when I think things are up to … Continue reading →

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I look to the hills – Psalm 121

Posted on June 20, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Someone sent me a gracious, heartfelt, encouraging, and timely message on Facebook the other day giving me more credit than I deserve for the way God has transformed the person’s life.  I told them, “I’ve had help.”  While I do … Continue reading →

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Never out of nourishment

Posted on June 19, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

I heard a sermon once from Pastor Jonathan Martin was struggling and he had stumbled into a church and went for Holy Communion.  At the precise moment it got to his turn, they ran out of bread.  The person serving … Continue reading →

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Looking for joy

Posted on June 18, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

Joy is the by-product of serving Jesus & a by-product of a life invested in Christian service. Continue reading →

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I’ve lost 30 pounds, why doesn’t God love me more?

Posted on June 16, 2016 by He stirs up the people...

He said He could not love me any more… He loves you just as much as He loves me. And He loves me a lot 😉 Continue reading →

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