I knew I should of…

My last day in the PTS pulpit
Last night was the first night I said to myself “I knew I should of”…read that book or stayed awake in that systematic theology class at good ole’ Princeton Seminary. I knew I should have taken Hebrew for a letter grade instead of a pass/fail grade. I knew I [...]

When God Moves

When God moves he is about to do something. Something great. Something that will blow our socks off. When God moves he sometimes has to rearrange that place in our lives that hurts or seems to be in chaos. When God moves our lives begin to move. They move with force or at a turtles [...]

Marvin’s Scribble

My buddy Marv has entered the world of the BLOG! Welcome Marvin! You can check it out at http://pdjr.blogspot.com One of my favorite blogs for study is www.markdroberts.com Mark is an awesome evangelical pastor, scholar, teacher, and man of God. If you are in need of some “theological stuff” visit his site. Another awesome pastor [...]

Life’s Lessons

When I was a kid my father didn’t spend much time with us boys. I have a vague memory of him spending time with us at a park while he read the paper and we were on the playground. I was with my son Collin yesterday acting as driver for a class field trip at [...]

Mourning into Dancing

There is a song sung in our second service occasionally that I learned while attending an evening worship service at the Vineyard Church in Anaheim, California as a high school youth. The song “Mourning into Dancing,” a favorite of mine, became one of my regulars in my list of favorite worship songs that moved me [...]

The Lunch Dude

“Dad, guess what?” “I made lunch monitor.” In a world where everyone gets picked and the loudest are chosen there’s the one who always feels they are seldom chosen for the best of jobs. My middle son for a week of his life was chosen to be the lunch monitor. I don’t know if he [...]