Many years ago, I was on a missions trip to the Philippines. I traveled to a remote island where our small boat landed on a shore covered with shells. There were so many that I couldn’t see any sand, just beautiful shells. In my excitement, I reached down and grabbed a handful, not realizing children […]
A knot is a structure made on a length of rope by twisting the rope around itself. Knots often bind the rope to itself or other objects. According to the Ashley Book of Knots, there are over 3,800 core knots in the world. Different knots serve different purposes. After I moved to Phoenix, I began searching […]
If any burger chain will be around for 2000 years into the future, it may well be McDonald’s. They may not have the healthiest food but they have great marketing and have built quite an empire. I recently looked up “healthiest burger chains” online and an article on cozymeal.com came up entitled Top 16 Healthiest […]
My mom, at 93, still has a sharp mind. Her detailed recollection of childhood and life events is incredible. I recently asked her if she remembered doctors making house calls. She did, and then began telling me all the instances when doctors came to her home. House calls for doctors are a thing of the […]
Next month I will be traveling to the beautiful country of Tanzania. This will be my second trip. During my first trip I was accompanied by my friend Lee who had been there previously. Traveling with someone who knows how to get around was a great anxiety reliever and made my time there enjoyable. […]
I went out for some Mexican food with my friends Rich and Craig and at one point we talked about some of the larger churches here in the Phoenix area. We discussed some of the multi-million dollar homes the pastors of these large churches had or were currently building for themselves. Of course this is […]
I really don’t like to write blogs that may be time sensitive but I’m making an exception here. Today I read two articles, one was titled ‘Berlin city official advises citizens not to make their Jewish faith visible’ and the other one was ‘US nabs Iranian national who snuck across southern border in dead of […]
It’s so encouraging to hear stories of House Churches growing and expanding. In Jason Shepperd’s book, A Church of House Churches, he describes an initial group of forty people meeting in 2 House Churches expanding over time to thousands in 75 House Churches. They also started Church Project, a more conventional church that meets twice […]
