Today is the day of love. St. Valentine, the patron saint of love, called up Hallmark and they arrived at a marketing deal. Thus began the annual cycles of profits for all manufacturers of heart shaped containers, chocolatiers, florist, card makers, and writers of short quips to put on those terrible tasting candy hearts…
I feel like God works on me in specific seasons and cycles. Last year, I would’ve called the the year of prayer. My prayer life increased and I have made a more concerted effort to be mindful of God throughout the day as well as spending some more concerted effort at a prayer time…
I am grateful for a furnace. My home is warmer than the weather outside. It only takes a shift in the weather to remind us just how little we actually are in control of our daily lives. The winds pick up, or the temperature plummets, or the water rises . . . And our…
Can a wall be immoral? Not exactly, because walls have no will. They merely sit there, stoic and lonely, giving in to the ravages of time and entropy. Poor walls. But I would like to just quickly weigh in on the hyped up rhetoric that is currently swirling around in our culture that may have…
2019 will contain the 10th birthday of ReCAST Church. The time has gone by in the spirit of the proverbial “the days are long but the years are short.” So I will kick off this anniversary year by sharing five observations from ten years of being a lead pastor. 1. Preaching creates a rhythm. My…
The apostle Paul left the following instructions to Titus, one of his younger fellow workers, “This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.” – Titus 1:5(ESV) And then what follows in Titus chapter 1, is a…
There is an independent streak in me that runs a mile deep. I don’t want to be in need or in want of anything that I cannot provide for myself. Part of this comes from an upbringing that led me to false conclusions that associated need with weakness. Some of it is a God…
How can we already be into November!? 2018 has flown by. And many are ready for Christmas decorations. I have already heard Christmas music playing . . . But not so fast. I am not sure if it was intentional, but I think the timing of Thanksgiving is at least a little ironic. We…
I have felt very appreciated by ReCAST Church over the years. And I know it doesn’t always go this way. Occasionally I read about or speak with a pastor who has been run outta Dodge, or faces routine criticism, or just never receives any encouragement. But I am so grateful for the many encouragements…
I can say with confidence that I never blacked out from drinking too much in high school. In large part because I never drank in high school. As a matter of fact I wasn’t invited to parties. I wasn’t out getting with the ladies. I wasn’t even really sure what I was missing. I…
Do you believe Judge Kavanaugh who says he has never committed a sexual crime? Do you believe Christine Blasey Ford who asserts that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the summer 1982? Today will be a day of the nation taking sides. It won’t be pretty and I fear that many Christians will forget that…
ReCAST Church began over 9 years ago with a small group of eager Christ-followers who stepped out in faith to begin a new work. Everybody had a role to play and nobody could just sit by and observe. Further we knew that if this church was going to succeed we needed to get the word…
