I love my mom. Because I love her, I know how she feels appreciated. She likes acts of service and every once in a while I try to surprise her by doing something nice. While I’m visiting them on vacation I might do a few chores around the house without being asked. I won’t even […]

When you see few, if any, conversions in your place of ministry, it can be hard to believe that what Jesus said in John 4:35 is true. In that verse He said to His disciples, “Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your […]

I remember when I first encountered the realization of who God is and what He had done for me. I was only a little kid, but having grown up in church my whole life and sitting through hundreds of stories about the love of God, I had assumed that God loved me and never questioned […]

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the Gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on the part of Christians to live it out. I remember well in the early days of my Christian faith talking to a close Hindu friend. He was questioning […]

With so much of New England and the Northeast under 3% evangelical, it can be disheartening to think that Christianity is on the decline and has lost its influential power. This has caused many Christians to lose heart and give up on sharing their faith.   It has gotten to the point that whenever Christianity […]

If you know anything about me, you are probably aware that every week I drive 20 minutes to a local deli for their Thursday lunch special, a prime rib sandwich. It’s one of my favorite simple pleasures. I’ve talked about it on the radio, I’ve posted pictures on social media, and I’ve treated my friends […]

As the things of earth go, two of my great interests are history and science fiction. In any given history class, no matter how long ago an event happened, there is a moment where the thing being talked about shows it’s connection to the present day. We see a figure that appears to be perfectly […]

You’ve seen this scenario before. A rookie athlete wins a championship game and is interviewed by a reporter about who he’d like to thank. What does he say, “I love you mom!” This isn’t unwarranted. A mother captures the heart and love of their child. Caught up in the elation of the moment, the boy […]

Ephesians 4:1 tells us to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called. We are all called to be followers of Christ, but being a mother is one of the greatest callings in life. Mothers shape the worldview of their children and it is through their example that they […]

I recently had a lively conversation with a woman next to me on a flight. “Listen,” she said, “if I want to be a man on Monday and a woman on Wednesday—who cares? Gender identity is simply a matter of personal preference.” She said she believed in the essential goodness of human nature, so I asked how […]