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Tuesday night, I had the privilege of going to a piano recital. I went to listen to one the children in my ministry, I was surprised to find out that it was two of them. One had just begun to take lessons. I was truly impressed by what I heard. Did I not know this child was taking piano lessons, or did I forget? Either way, I didn’t realize the gift, the talent this child had. I know that when the membership of our church hears them play this Sunday, that they will be…

It is often difficult to get people to try certain things because of preconceived notions, "fear" of the unknown, a reluctance to change and a myriad of other reasons.

Today, I simply need to share a little of what happened in an Awana club where I assist.

One of the T&T clubbers brought a friend and said, "she's new". So I started off joking around around that if she was "new", then she'd be a baby and she didn't look like a baby and I kept the atmosphere light, having…

I was reading a local news story this morning and the correlation to ministry was overwhelming. The story talks about a local volunteer fire company that has had volunteers baking pies as a fundraiser for about the last 50 years and next month, this tradition will end. Why is the tradition ending? Simply because no one else has come in to learn and continue the tradition. The same men have been doing it for years…

If you are like me, your inbox over the last few days has been full of Black Friday and Cyber Monday messages from various stores and ministries. As i listen to the media talk about Cyber Monday, I wonder if it is still relevant.

Cyber Monday began several years ago as people had dial-up or no internet connection at home with high speed access at work, making it easier,…