"The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is due not to my activity, but to my inaction. Now, to put the matter in a popular phrase, it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not … Continue reading Exulting in Infancy & Monotony…

Last night we had our quarterly church conference. I would say that it was a fairly historic night in the life of UBC. We began the night with a wonderful time of fellowship, eating ice cream together and just catching up. We then formally entered into our time of meeting together.  During that time we read … Continue reading What a night!

...because sin does not take a break, and we are not "there" yet. Last Monday, I took Jan to the hospital where she was admitted for a bacterial infection that had struck her bladder first and then kidneys.  She was in a lot of pain and was not doing well.  As they hooked her up … Continue reading Sanctification does not take a break…

On Worship... Yesterday was a good day together as a church.  I try to avoid "This is one of the most important sermons I've ever preached" kind of statements, because the Word of God is living and active...as in all the time.  However, I do believe that the message from Psalm 33 was/is crucial for … Continue reading Monday reflections

It is difficult to believe what we have experienced during the last 24 hours. Saturday night at 9 pm Katie got a call to let us know that her brother and mom were at crooked creek and nearly drowned. After both were pulled from the water unconscious by 2 strangers they were awakened by CPR … Continue reading Update from Haiti

Well, I guess if you want me to lighten my tone I could.  Maybe this isn't just for public speakers... Thanks to Timmy Brister.

This is one of the most stirring videos I have ever seen.  It brings both tears of joy and of deep conviction.

Thanks to Mike McKinley...