“You’re acting like a child.” That statement will usually make any adult continue acting like a child. What is being referred to in such an allegation? It means we are acting out our emotions rather than verbalizing them. In so doing we are harming others or even ourselves. This is a major distinction between the… Read More

Remember the story of the three little pigs? Each built a house – straw, sticks, and bricks. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed on all three but only one was built to last. It sounds a little like a story Jesus told of two men who each built a house, one on the sand… Read More

Many years ago while pastoring in a small town in Pennsylvania I remember a winter so cold the frost line went down to four feet. One consequence of this was a backhoe couldn’t penetrate the ground to dig a grave. We had funeral services for people that winter but had to wait for the spring… Read More

Anxiety is a major mental health issue. For many, it interferes in their daily life. It shrinks their world and makes them prisoners in their own home. Now we stand at the threshold of a new year that will be viewed very differently by the anxious person. What many will see before them, is a… Read More