The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress, and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. The purpose of the National Day of Prayer is to call every American to personal repentance and prayer for our families, Continue reading

I really love what God is doing at Grace! I am blessed to be the Senior Pastor of such an awesome congregation! Continue reading

A few weeks ago, we had a problem with our internet service at the church office. Our building is located in a kind of “no man’s land” where we are limited to only one internet service provider – our phone company. We found it difficult to upload anything and our download speeds were barely, just barely above Continue reading

The well-dressed traveling salesman walked up to the dilapidated fence, stepped through the open gate, and paced swiftly toward the porch carrying a large brown suitcase. The old farmer sat in a rocking chair watching the young city slicker as he approached, the young man’s eyes darting side to side taking in the scene from what must have looked like a movie from the 50s. His well-polished Continue reading

Excerpt from Kyle Idleman’s “40 Days to Lasting Change” – “A friend of mine told me about an elderly man he knew who could no longer take care of himself and whose family made the difficult decision for him to live in a nursing home. Every Sunday afternoon the man’s daughter and her husband and Continue reading

I woke up early this morning thinking about forgiveness. As I rolled over onto my back and stared at the dark ceiling, I marveled at the forgiveness of God toward me. I truly do not deserve to be forgiven. It is not as if my sins were so minuscule and insignificant that they did not matter. Continue reading

The fallow field is smug, contented, protected from the shock of the plow and the agitation of the harrow. Such a field, as it lies year after year, becomes a familiar landmark to the crow and the blue jay. Had it intelligence, it might take a lot of satisfaction in its reputation: it has stability; Continue reading

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I try not to boast. Of course, every now and again, I may mention one of the accomplishments of my wife or of our kids, but most of the time I try to keep it in check. I’ll ask your forgiveness ahead of time, then, for this bit of chest-thumping. I have been blessed to be Continue reading

Fear. Uncertainty. Disillusionment. All these can cause us to act in ways that we wouldn’t ordinarily, sometimes in ways that we would never have imagined. Matthew records Peter’s three denials of Jesus in the courtyard of Caiaphas. Each denial was increasingly more forceful, even to the point of swearing and cursing. (Matthew 26:69-75) Before you get Continue reading