Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for....

Some passages of the Bible are difficult because of the hard work it takes to understand them. And then, there are passages that are...

“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.”- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Being an only child for the first eight...

Early in our married life, my family moved a lot, six times in six years to be exact. You learn a great deal about how to transition....

We had ten proposed actions for the Board of Directors and the district president to execute, voted on and passed at the Northern...

Well, the votes were tallied, and the final gavel sounded; another District convention had come to a close.  It was almost a historic...

Many pastors are lonely, and so are their wives and their children can become isolated.  This account is not every minister’s history,...

Actress Joan Blondell uses an ordinary kitchen timer to pull herself up out of the dumps. Says she: “I set the timer for 6½ minutes to be...

Consider the following sobering survey results of the personal and professional lives of the clergy: – 90% of pastors work more than 46...

It is so easy in life to have a “me first” attitude.  An approach to life that finds value in the things you can put in your success...

Calvin Coolidge wisely expressed it: “One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.” And so...

In a report by By Steve Almasy and Alina Machado, they wrote this. “Three days after enduring a wild ride in rough seas fired up by...

A quick thought for the day: Be careful not to put all your emotional hurts and pains on Facebook and social media. The honorable thing,...

When a pastor receives a call to a congregation, the deliberation process begins. It is an exciting, yet stressful time for the pastor,...