by Rick | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
If you want to cause someone to lose their religion in church, take the seat of a little old lady who has been sitting in the same pew since Noah beached the ark. If you didn’t need salvation before you sat down, you will afterwards. Hell hath no fury like that of a...
by Rick | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog, Inspirational
If you have to say you’re in charge, you’re probably not. -Tammy Duvanel Unruh I hated choosing teams during recess. The teacher would choose either the two most popular kids to be the “captains” or, in an occasional move of gratuitous justice, would chose two of...
by Rick | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog
Finding the right answers to our problems requires us to shake them around until the fundamental principle falls out. Once we know the fundamental principle, then we start finding the right answers. A recent car purchase by our high school son was an opportune time to...
by Rick | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog
Each afternoon at five, the minister in the small town would walk down to the railroad tracks and watch the train go by. He would watch until the caboose disappeared from sight. Someone finally asked him why he did it and he responded: “It’s the only thing in town...
by Rick | Oct 18, 2013 | Blog
“There are a lot of people in the church upset with you and they want you fired,” the voice on the phone told me, “and since I’m the chairman of the board, I need to let you know that.” Well that kept me up all night for a week. I was a young pastor and had just led...
