Archive: 2011

There is probably no more controversial day for Christians than Halloween. I realize there are various opinions on how we ought to best handle the last day in October, from embracing it, to avoiding it. In fact, I think in the past 20 years I’ve personally held convictions all along […]

One of the greatest joys and honors I have ever had in this life was to baptize my own 12-year-old daughter, Vivienne. This happened on August 21, 2011. Out of all the prayers I have for her, and all my children, the most important is that they will love and […]

I often say that “sharing your faith in Boston is like being on a different overseas mission trip every day!” I got to experience that with 8 others from my church a few weeks back as I lead a team down to Boston to share Christ with people from all […]

Saints, So if anyone gets to know for for more than about 17 seconds, they realize I have the tendency that a lot of Jewish people have, and that is to, oh, speak “with many words.” 😉 With my latest newsletter I was encouraged by Shelby and others to cut […]

We are about to mail out our second newsletter, and I realized, “I never posted our first newsletter online!” Whoops! So here it is. This was mailed out in late March. Click on the graphic below to download the newsletter as an Adobe Acrobat file.

There’s a teaching I’ve given a number of times that I call “The Gospel of Evangelism.” The word “gospel” literally means “Good News,” and the word “evangelism” literally means “to bring good news.” It is good news for us to bring the good news to others. One of my biggest […]

Wow, wow, wow! Last Saturday I was invited to Community Bible Church to teach an “Evangelism Crash Course” and then lead an outreach in the town. It was so amazing for a NUMBER of reasons: I have been battling a sinus infection and have had coughing fits where I can’t […]

The other day I posted a wonderful activity for the family, Resurrection Cookies, and in response, my friend Cheryl Grinnell sent me another fantastic idea to teach the true meaning of Easter and have a lot of fun too. Cheryl suggested making Resurrection Rolls! Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.   […]

Just in time for Resurrection Sunday, I found out about “Resurrection Cookies” yesterday and I have to share this. I can’t wait to try this with the kids! I think it’s brilliant! A great way to teach the true meaning of Easter combined with a yummy snack. Not a bad […]

Okay, so this isn’t ministry-related, but it kind-of is because my family if my first ministry, right? My youngest, Gabriella, turned 6 today. (Sniff, sniff, my BABY is growing up so fast!) Last night at my church’s Wednesday-Night Prayer Meeting, my Pastor invited Gabriella up front and we all sang […]