A New Look at the Marriage Relationship In John 15:9, Jesus says to His disciples, “AS the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” In John 13:34 and again in John 15:12, Jesus goes on to say we are to love one…
Out of the Mouth of Babes I recently had the privilege of speaking at the state homeschool convention in Portland, Oregon. On Friday I had a few men’s workshops and offered The Christian Home and Family Worship for free, to those who would commit…
Summer Refreshment (Last minute note from Steve) This letter was scheduled to go out last night or this morning, but in light of tragic events that recently transpired I waited to send it out. But as I prayed about this topic, I recognized it…
Perfect Love Last weekend I drove to a conference in Michigan. When I have several free hours on the road I often use the time to call friends and keep in touch. On Sunday I had a wonderful conversation with Chris. He told me…
Abiding January 1 is the official beginning of the New Year, but I think spring is when my motor begins to rev up. April is the month when I think of landscaping projects and new ideas for ministry. Spring is a time for renewal,…
GIFU An acronym is an abbreviation often formed from the first letters in a phrase. Some of the more popular ones are ASAP, FYI, LOL, and BTW. As Soon As Possible, For Your Information, Laugh Out Loud, and By The Way. Acronyms are more…
Yellow Margarine Container “When I travel, I prefer to fly on Southwest Airlines. One of the reasons is that they have a sense of humor. As the plane is moving down the runway the flight attendants take their positions and give their spiel about how…
Living for, or Living From, a Blessing In December I had the privilege to witness a powerful event, a blessing. A father, who had MS and was unable to stand, blessed his son and bride at their wedding. I was amazed and inspired to…
A Bible Reading Race to Jerusalem and a Mid Winter Conference in Lancaster, PA The Race, to kick off the New Year I just completed reading the bible from Genesis to Revelation for 2015 and have two free days to read whatever I…
Anticipating the Welcome, Hoping to Bless I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA but have not lived there since I went off to school. We have lived in Georgia, Massachusetts, and now across the state in SE Pennsylvania. For many of those years we would…
Family Discipleship and the New Commandment In the July, 2015 Newsletter referenced below, I wrote about how being a father led me to Deuteronomy 6. When I began asking God to help me love him, God revealed how much He loved me. The more…
The new commandment that Jesus articulated in John 13:34 is to love one another as I have loved you, or to love others as we have been loved. One of the ways that Jesus loved me the disciples was by serving them. With that…