"Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!" (Romans 15:13 The Message) Back in 1985, my wife and I bought a beautiful 1967 Mustang, with an 8 cylinder 351 Windsor engine that made it like a rocket engine on a roller skate. Our other car was a Chevrolet Citation with a mocking demon under the hood that loved to torture us by not lett

"Christ has set us free for freedom. Therefore, stand firm and don’t submit to the bondage of slavery again ... Brothers and sisters, if I’m still preaching the Law, why am I still being harassed? In that case, the offense of the cross would be canceled." (Galatians 5:1,11 CEB) There is a lot of contention - some of it violent - these days over the rights protected in the Constitution by the First Amendment, the header of the Bill of Rights: "Congress shall make no law respe

My wife, Emily, and I have known each other since first grade. I told her I would marry her someday when we were in sixth grade; she said "Get lost." She wised up by the time we became high school sweethearts when we were in tenth grade; we became engaged when we were 20 and married after I graduated from college in 1979. We have a lot of history that helps to bind us together and makes our relationship - and our love - nice and comfy. We reminisce and finish each other's

Back in 2011 we were driving from Southern California, where I had served a Free Methodist Church in Santa Ana, to Suffolk VA. We had about 2 weeks to feverishly pack each day, from about 6AM to 2AM - each day a new definition of exhaustion. We planned to drive in stages - I think it was CA to AZ - AZ to TX - TX to GA - then all the way through to VA. Our plan was to take turns driving, with the idea that the one in the passenger seat would keep the conversation lively to

Hi friends, The US is dealing with - reeling from - the impact of two record-breaking hurricanes. People are responding with help, medical supplies, shelter, food, etc. from around the country and even the world. Our denomination has the Bishops’ Crisis Response Fund at http://fmcusa.org/bfund/ and you can give there. Also, CBN's Operation Blessing is holding a telethon which has had an enormous response, and I recommend them to you. Phone 1-800-700-7000 to give to this dri