My Story

The Pony

Here is a story from my college days, from long, long ago, about a Dale far, far away! I was probably nineteen going on thirteen, or something like that! A clean-cut, all-American, honor role student . . . “Not ! ! !”. If you believe that, I still have some Florida water front view sand […]

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Covenant of Faith

God’s gift to us! God’s covenant with Abraham was a covenant of faith, a gift to us! Let’s look at blood covenant in general and Abraham’s covenant specifically. Abraham is called “our first father in the faith.” It is hard to overstate the significance of Abraham and his role in God’s dealing with humanity. He

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Zeke the Butterfly

When my oldest daughter Lauren was small, we got a children’s book about Zeke the butterfly. It so spoke to me then that I carried it into the jails and prisons I visited. There is no telling how many times it was read and preached to the men I met there. It is now one

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Puzzle Pieces

Perhaps your family was like mine and did puzzles during the Christmas holiday season. We got a thousand-piece puzzle, set up a card table, and dumped the puzzle pieces out and let the fun begin. Conversations started, and life shared as we searched for the image emerging from the chaos on the table. We would

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