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I’ll start by saying this one may be more for the ladies, but, guys please feel free to keep reading and hopefully something will challenge you. As a woman in this day and age, I have to check myself daily. Where am I placing my identity? Far too of... Keep Reading
Waiting on the Lord - Part 4
July 16, 2021
Waiting on the Lord, Part 4 Habakkuk 2:1 Developing a Listening Heart My Journey from Complaining to Listening In the spring of 2003, I lost my first wife Marie to colon cancer. We had been married just under twenty-five years.&n... Keep Reading
Jesus and the Children
July 1, 2021
I am writing this blog a few days after finishing up Project Shine and right in the middle of Vacation Bible School. Spending so much time with children and students has been awesome but also tiring. It is in times like these that I need to remind myself of the value ... Keep Reading
Waiting on the Lord- Part 3: Hearing God in the Quiet
June 18, 2021
Called out of ChaosSometimes God takes us to a quiet place because the chaos around us drowns out his voice. Such was the case with Elijah the prophet, whom God called to counteract a spiritual crisis. The crisis involves King Ahab, who inherited the... Keep Reading
How Covid Set Me Free
June 11, 2021
Yes, I really said that. I couldn't believe it myself. As I was praying one day those words came out of my mouth before the Lord. I was thanking Him for COVID setting me free. The truth is I have always been free, but now I was realizing it in another way. I was prayi... Keep Reading
Laundry Attitude
May 27, 2021
Many of us spend much of our days on seemingly mundane tasks, which can seem like drudgery. Laundry, cleaning, putting things away, mowing, weeding, sweeping, these tasks seem like they are never quite done, always calling to us to start anew. They are tasks for... Keep Reading
Waiting on the Lord - Part 2
May 14, 2021
Psalm 131 The Cure for Loneliness A few months ago, I was in the car listening to Gary Rathbun’s AM radio call-in show, “An Economy of One.” The program is a mix of investment advice, economic theory and commentary, and occasional philos... Keep Reading
Waiting on the Lord - Part 1: Footsteps in the Sea
April 23, 2021
Psalm 77:19 The Jolting Reality concerning our Circumstances Last year, one of my theology students opened up before the class. He said that his circumstances lately had become so difficult that he no longer is able to discern the Lord’s leading in ... Keep Reading
How do you view the lost?
April 8, 2021
In Luke 15 we read that Jesus was surrounded by a bunch of tax collectors and sinners. The religious leaders of that day were watching Jesus and complaining that Jesus was spending time with sinners and even eating with them. You see, the religious leaders looked down... Keep Reading
Emotions at Easter
April 2, 2021
Part of our worship this Easter, not just as Goss Memorial Church but many believers throughout the world, will involve the emotional contrast with last year. A year ago the pandemic kept many from gathering. Fear and unknown gripped our lives. Depression, uncer... Keep Reading