Several people have asked for a copy of the blessing I give on Sunday mornings at the end of the services in which I preach, so here it is. I hope it is a blessing to you. Someday I might be courageous enough to tell you why I wrote it.

I remember when I was a kid trying to walk across this balance beam. It was about four feet off the ground. I fell off every time. The crazy thing was that there was this other balance beam that was the same width as the four foot one on the

Have you ever heard that story from the Bible where the rich guy comes up to Jesus and asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal (or abundant) life?” The two men talk for a few minutes, but the punch line of the story is that it is hard for

If you have ever flown on a commercial airline before you have heard this line. Before the plain takes off one of the flight attendants explains the emergency procedures. She or he explains that in the event that the plain looses cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down from the

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God.

There is a low battery warning feature on my cell phone. I often ignore it when I’m focused on something. I don’t have time for a low battery, I’ll take care of that later. “How much more can I get out of it before it completely shuts off,” I wonder