Someone recommended I find a spot where I can be alone – without distractions and spend time alone with God.  Wisely he recommended I start slowly and work my way into the practice.  I have been doing this myself for the last couple weeks, and then I ran across this in one of my devotionals:

Practice Spiritual Concentration

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right h...

When I get the chance to do a Christian Wedding, I begin by telling the Groom what the Bible says about getting a good wife:

Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)  He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

There are a couple other very similar verses telling a husband what a good thing it is to be married to the right woman.  Then I turn to the Bride and tell her I have searched the Scriptures for similar verses about what a wonderful thing it is to find a husband – There ar...

I had the chance to get away for a few days this week and I took it.  My plan was to try to organize and prioritize some of the things that are currently “on my plate”.  I used an MS Office Program called One Note, I have it on my iPad which is what I use for a computer when I travel.  I spent a day and a half putting together about 40 pages of “my life”.  It was great, I came home and all I had to do was take the saved document and transfer it via “the cloud” (an internet based s...

We are in our second week of the new series; ACT Like the Church.  I capitalized the word “act” for emphasis, it’s not an acronym for anything.  This is an excerpt from the business plan for KGLJ Radio:

“At odds with this is the persistent belief that the proper way to Evangelize and present the gospel is in a church, at a worship service, by a Pastor, on a Sunday.  It’s true enough that this is Christian worship and is not only proper but vital to a Christian life - but is it E...

The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. on the southern coast of Turkey. His wealthy parents, who raised him to be a devout Christian, died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young. Obeying Jesus' words to "sell what you own and give the money to the poor," Nicholas used his whole inheritance to assist the needy, the sick, and the suffering. He dedicated his life to serving God and was made Bishop of Myra while s...

The development of the candy cane took a few hundred years. Before the invention of the modern pacifier, parents used to give their babies unflavored white sugar sticks to suck on. During the 1670's a German choirmaster had the sugar sticks bent into a shepherd's staff and passed out to children attending the Christmas services. This holiday custom spread throughout Europe. About 1900 the white candy cane received its traditional red stripes and peppermint flavoring. At the same time the lege...

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severi...

As of today (Thursday, November 14, 2013), I have been the pastor here at Elko First Baptist/Greater Life Church for 9 years.  It has been a wild ride and I never expected things to turn out this way.  I know God is not through with us and I cannot wait to see what He does in us and through us in the future.  Oh, and Bev and I truly thank you for the Pastor Appreciation/Anniversary gift you gave us a couple weeks ago.  We have been talking about taking a trip to Ireland next year and your gen...