Today’s View from My Place turns out to be a piece I wrote for the Monday Morning Boost exactly one year ago, but I was just talking this over with the Lord in my personal time with Him this morning, so it is truly The View from My Place today. Sometimes it’s better to thank… Read More »

Do you know why you can freely and openly tell the Lord all your secrets? Even the shameful ones that you wouldn’t dare share with anyone else? Because He knows the whole story, not just about what you did, said or thought in a given episode of your life, but the whole story of you. … Read More »

Psalm 119:71 (NIV) It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. Sometimes experience is not just the best teacher, it is the only teacher. Like swallowing water on the way to learning to swim, or a child falling off a bicycle on the way to learning to ride,… Read More »

The better I get to know Jesus, the better I understand the Scriptures.  The reverse is not necessarily true, because it is possible to be quite knowledgeable about the Bible and totally ignorant of its Author (John 5:39). I remember a scene from the series “Chosen,” (which takes quite a bit of artistic license to… Read More »

The classic horror story, The Body Snatchers, is about a town that is invaded by aliens who take over the bodies of humans. They are exact replicas but without the same spirit, soul and emotions. Close friends and family members can tell the difference and are horrified – until they themselves are also subsumed by… Read More »

“…to live is Christ…” (Philippians 1:21). “To live is Christ,” does not mean adhering to a specific denomination or brand of Christianity, nor to “Christian principles.” “To live is Christ,” does not necessarily mean discipleship training, social action or activism, or even church membership. Christ certainly uses all those things, but all those things are… Read More »

Do you ever fear that the Lord wants to expose your dirty laundry, your shameful secrets or your closeted habits?  Ever feel like He is saying, “Either you expose it or I will.”  Or maybe, “Until you get this area together, the blessings I have in store for you will remain under lock and key.” … Read More »

“Now” is the most important moment of the rest of your life.  In fact, it is the only moment of the rest of your life.  It is always the only place we can live.  The only place we can act.  The only place we can think.  “Now” is the only place we can make decisions. … Read More »

LaVern (exiting bedroom, walking towards kitchen shaking her head): You know, it’s always something…   Dan (standing at kitchen counter, holding coffee mug, interrupting before she continues): You know, as of this moment, I live in a world where what you are about to tell me doesn’t exist for me. But that’s about to change.… Read More »

This month the teaching theme for our ministry is “The Church.”  Twenty years ago, someone asked me what I stand for as a pastor.  Here was my answer. I stand for the liberation of the individual to experience the Lord uniquely and to follow Him with integrity of heart.  I believe a shepherd *of* the Lord… Read More »