Spiritual War

At the beginning of 2010, Fellowship Church in Holden, MA put into play a plan of growth and building for the next several years.  I remember telling the family ministries team week after week that Satan will do everything possible to make us get discouraged and not succeed in these plans.  Week after week, Satan has not been…

Remember and Forget

Any long-term relationship is going to have some problems.  I do find it interesting that it’s almost easier to remember the other person’s faults than the good they have said or done.  It’s even hard to remember what the other person likes and/or wants.  It’s even hard to remember what the other person is doing for scheduling sakes. But…

Selective Hearing

My mother used to say that my brother and I would have selective hearing.  She would be on the phone talking to someone and something she said would spark a response from us as though we were a part of that real conversation.  Maybe it was the word toy or something, I don’t remember.

The point is that we…

Slow Down and Back It Up

Communication is not always easy.  Communication between men and women can sometimes seem impossible.  I had to laugh inside yesterday during a reading of the Easter story because of how the NIV translates Luke 24:11:  “But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.”

Ever felt like that? Can I get an amen?…

Book Review: Sex, Lies and Religion by Randy Elrod

In Sex, Lies and Religion, Randy Elrod gains my attention by asking “Have you ever had an experience with God that exceeds your most wild and fulfilling sexual moment? If the answer is no, you are not alone.”

I’d have to admit that for most of the first half of the book, I was lost as to where Randy…