Things I learned in 2006

People matter (Genesis 18:32)
God is in control (Job 42:2)
I like Ecuador
· I can travel with a pair of 4-yrs old girls who have never been apart from their moms for more than a day before
· I can be a happy person
· I can be stress-free (mostly)
· People matter a lot
· I can’t work 75 hours a week and still do the ministries that I am called to do (ministry is hard work)
· God is in control
· I love my YG
I can leave McDonald’s (it was just a theory before)
Money isn’t everything
God is in control (Psalm 145:13)
People really matter (Jonah 4:11)
Ministry is hard work, but rewarding
I love the people at Singing School
How to “court”
You can choose to love or not to love
God is in control (Isaiah 14:26-27)
Its never too late or too early to grow
I love my YG, SG
I love the Hogans, Pez, Heislers, Finns….church
WOW…people REALLY matter (Matthew 18:21-22)
God will grant the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4)
If you believe, you will see the glory of God (John 11:40)
The Lord actually had my wife set aside for me
The Lord has a plan for me (and it goes through MO)
Ministry is hard work, but very rewarding
I may have grown considerably, but I still need to grow much more
I can’t write this list without crying

God is in control (Revelation 11:15)
People Really, Really, Really matter (John 3:16)
I love you

Your Father's Approval

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children." Eph 6:4

A very close friend recently brought up the idea of getting your (my) father's approval in life.
I have thought about this some, and I think that exasperating is the opposite of approval; so, if you don't have the approval of your dad, you may feel exasperated. I have seen examples of this in the many people I have known. It is unfortunate that the lack of approval in general affects us so adversely...but the lack of your father's approval can be devastating. It can take a lifetime to overcome.
I am happy to say that I know I have received my dad's stamp of approval as a person, a man, a son. That is not to boast in myself--because that approval was his doing, not mine. I am stating it because I realize how positively that has affected my life. I am blessed to have a good father.

Thank you, Dad. I love you.

Election Day

For any who get confused...Election Day in America is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This is how the leaves look in Collingswood on Election Day-Novemeber 7, 2006.
Your election day can be any day of the year...its the day you realize that Jesus wants you to go to heaven.


"He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2Peter 3:9)
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Joel 2:32)
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels ofGod." (Luke 12:8)
What will the leaves look like on your election day?