When we learned that I had cancer, we were six months away from my planned retirement. Becky and I were already processing all the emotions that came with that transition. We had dreams for the next season of our lives—more time with family, travel, missions, and eventually a new home. I was also quietly dealing…Read more When Crisis Changes Everything: 7 Things to Do When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
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When You Face a Crisis
A friend told me about ten years ago, while we were talking about our health, “Nothing good happens after 60.” Since then, he and I have both had our share of challenges. As I have grown older, life has become more serious, and, strangely enough, more joyful at the same time. I will be the…Read more When You Face a Crisis
God Holds Us in the Storm: A Pastor’s Recovery from Cancer
I’m writing from my hospital bed at the University of Michigan Hospital as the storm winds whips snow outside at 24 mph. Soon, children will be sledding and laughing in the snow. Life keeps moving—even in the midst of uncertainty. Thank you for praying for me. The ileostomy closure was successful. While the surgeon was…Read more God Holds Us in the Storm: A Pastor’s Recovery from Cancer
FOLLOWING JESUS INTO A STORM
Following Jesus sometimes means sailing right into the middle of a fierce storm. Fierce storms come in our lives. Jonah ran from God and was caught in a fierce storm. The disciples follow Christ and they too are caught in the middle of a fierce storm. Don't be surprised by the storms but be sure…Read more FOLLOWING JESUS INTO A STORM
Anxiety Does Not Define Us
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. George Muller Anxiety has become the fixed mindset defining the future for many people today, according to a clinical psychologist at a major university. So many people are worried, hurried, harried, and less confident of their…Read more Anxiety Does Not Define Us
Future World
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1, NKJV) Psalm 23 was the second passage of Scripture that I memorized as a child of six. The first was Psalm 100. Memorizing those two passages early in life shaped my life. I've never doubted that God was my shepherd. I have always enjoyed thinking and…Read more Future World