I remember hearing Paul Harvey present an audio essay entitled, "If I Were the Devil." It was fantastic. Never to compete with such a legend, I'd still like to take a shot at my own version of this--in the context of the modern church... If I were the Devil: * I'd convince people that church REALLY was all about them. I'd start by having them choose the church like they'd choose a restaurant--they'd pick the atmosphere and ministries that suited their personal preferences. Th

I recently had a hospice patient die. This isn’t unusual. In fact it’s a daily occurrence since I personally serve about 50 patients at any given time—all of whom are terminally ill. What made this patient different is that I had grown amazingly close to him and his family. They were wonderful Christian people whose love for my patient friend and for each other was exemplary. I remember seeing them gathered around his bed crying, laughing about funny memories, and comforting

People loved sending me audio links to the Toto Song with the line, “I bless the rain down in Africa,” following my recent trip. After a drought lasting over 4 months, we prayed for rain and it came. This is the second time we’ve seen God intervene with rain during one of our Missions ventures to the “Dark Continent.” Many posted sympathetic comments when they saw video I posted of rain. The natives however, were rejoicing. Interesting dichotomy of perspectives on the same th