The Vineyard Dear Friends, For as long as I have been a student of the Bible, one of the most soul searching verses for me has been Amos...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, Is He risen?  We celebrate Easter each year and proclaim His resurrection, but as I grew older I began to...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, Are there “magical” words in the world?  The Psalmist seems to say so when he states, quite clearly, “ If you...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, Yesterday I had the honor of saying good bye to an older friend that might not be here by the time this blog...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, A day ago one of the boys rushed to tell me that one of the other boys had broken one of “nice” glasses in his...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, One of my favorite books is The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis.  As you probably know, it’s a fanciful...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, A friend once asked me how God could be a “loving” God and yet permit all the heartaches he had experienced in...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, I don’t believe that I have ever asked God to do too much, nor do I think that my longest and most earnest...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, We were getting one of the boys showers ready this past weekend with a piece of glass that was to shield the...

The Vineyard Dear Friends, “Against all hope, Abraham believed, and so became the father of many nations..” What a great example! ...

The Vineyard Speak to me today Lord Jesus. Examine what I am thinking, writing, planning, hoping—- and the very goals I have set before...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: Sometimes I write these blogs and then, after a few minutes erase everything and start over again. Such was my...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: When Jesus told us to follow a “new” command, which was, “Love one another as I have loved you”, He was laying...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: Today I missed my Bible reading and the time I set aside for prayer for the first time in many, many months. ...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: The prophet Hosea was asked to marry a prostitute to make a point to the Kingdom of Israel. The nations was...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: For over fourteen days Paul was aboard a doomed ship headed for Rome. Paul and some 276 people endured over...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: I have discovered that the nights when I am “empty” and have absolutely nothing to share that I receive the...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: Last night we had one of our ritual “meltdowns” that seem to plague us on the weekends. One of the boys got...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: Acts 21:21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ” 22 The crowd listened...

The Vineyard Dear Friends: One of challenges with the four boys in my home is how to react to the constant lying they are so accustomed...