Our Response to Winning and Losing Reveals Character

February 20, 2016 I don’t like to lose. I don’t know anyone who does. I especially don’t like to lose to braggarts.   There’s one sure way to shut up a braggart and that’s to beat one. Maybe that’s why I’ve always liked the story of David and Goliath. It’s hard to...

Searching for Faith Among the Ashes

February 21, 2016 A few years ago I made friends with a young man who attended this church for a while. We shared our love for motorcycles and he helped me on some building projects. One day I received a call from him and he informed me that his father had died in...

Searching for Faith Through Healing

Symbol (Oil) February 14, 2016 Matthew 26:6-13 As early as three we were taught we had five senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing, sight. However, we have others: the sense of balance, the sense of acceleration, and the sense of proprioception, which is the sense of...

The Good Side of Pain – Ash Wednesday Message

February 10, 2016 In the 2005 comedy, “School of Life,” Norman Warner, the beloved English teacher, had won teacher of the year award for 43 consecutive years at Fallbrook Middle School.  He died with the trophy in his arms after receiving it for the final time at the...

Searching for Faith With Open Hands

February 7, 2016 Thank you. Thank you for the gift of being away last month. My sabbatical was a time of rest, reflection, recharging, rejuvenation, and rethinking some of what I do and why I do it. In almost thirty years of ministry, there have been two other times...