“It’s over already? That was short!” said 4-year-old Killian after a recent Sunday service at COMPASS Church.
Out of the mouth of babes! Most often, the variable in the service’s length is the l…
My obsession with coffee had me driving to a market in Pensacola for a specific, locally roasted coffee when a myriad of coffee products is available around the corner.
As I entered the coffee a…
True confession: whenever I am in a grocery store checkout line, I read the covers of the tabloids.
This is where I learn “what really happened” in the lives of all of those celebrities in whom…
“For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain,” the Apostle Paul wrote in a letter from a prison. He was not disillusioned and looking to end it all. “If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitf…
The other day while grocery shopping, an older couple hustled by me headed for the dairy section.
In addition to their spryness, what made them stand out was that they were dressed identically…
“What is prayer?” read the title of a chapter in a weekly study I am leading. It is an excellent and important question, one with which I have been wrestling for years.
If you perused a typical p…
“Michael, lead us in another one of those familiar, old hymns,” the pastor said in the middle of a worship service. I was gripped with fear because I didn’t know any other hymns than those we had ju…
One summer, my wife and I vacationed in Newfoundland, where, in addition to trying cod tongues, a disgusting local delicacy, we went on an iceberg cruise.
Local fishermen supplement their income…
A friend once described the vacations my wife and I take to rural Indiana as “homey.” That is an apt description. Life slows down dramatically, and we get much-needed rest. If you are stressed out o…
My wife and I just returned from two restful weeks in rural Indiana. For the first time in years, we made the trip by air, flying out of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport.
On our departure da…
