After a three year absence, I finally returned to a boyhood hobby I’ve enjoyed for more than 40 years —- bird hunting. In the last week I had both the time and the opportunity to hunt pheasants in Iowa and Illinois. (I’ll take Iowa any... read more

Question: Once you have come to the place in your life where you’ve confessed your sins and self-centeredness to Jesus, asked Him to change you through repentence, and then claim His name as a “christian” … what’s next... read more

Did you hear the big entertainment news story today? Britney Spears crossed the line of faith! Can you imagine that? She’s decided to forgo her crazy ways stating they were “hollow” and that she was only temporarily filled up with her extravagant... read more

More times than I like to admit I get “stuck on stupid”. There are times at home, or at church, or while driving around the busy Chicago suburbs that I get irritated over the most rediculous things. Then I carry around this irritation for... read more

When I was in Junior High and High Scool I used to really hate homework. And assignments in college were a total drag. I would much rather be hunting, fishing, playing ball, or just messing around outdoors. So what happened to me ? … I became... read more

When I was in Junior High and High Scool I used to really hate homework. And assignments in college were a total drag. I would much rather be hunting, fishing, playing ball, or just messing around outdoors. So what happened to me ? … I became... read more

Traveling around the Chicagoland area I often get lost … even with “mapquest”. I have said to myself … “Is this right way ?” Our journey through life will come to an end some day … it may even be today. So if... read more

Last week I visited a Muslim mosque. I called ahead so they knew I was coming. I sat in the back of the room filled with 200+ Islamic men all facing east and preparing for the prayer ritual and “sermon” from their leader. The Islamic leader’s... read more