I recently had lunch with my best friend and former roommate. We had not seen each other for about two years, and so it was great to catch up. Chad's wife was expecting a new baby, and he was now the youth pastor of his congregation. He told me he had been invited to a faith debate at the campus of Indiana University, Kokomo. I was very proud of him. My mind raced back to when we were bright eyed young adults praying to [...]
As a Christian, I do not live in a vacuum. I live in the real world, just as you do. And so I could barely escape the hashtag #MayPac that flooded my social media feeds last week. I learned Manny Pacquiao rocked Floyd Mayweather with a hard left in the 4th round and then followed up with a flurry of combinations. Floyd could barely stand on his feet. Covered up in a defensive stance, he bought time till he recovered. The bell sounded, ensuring [...]
Read an update from Nepal (Warning, graphic photos) In October 2014, I was scheduled to be in Kathmandu, Nepal for a gospel meeting. Everything was set for an awesome outpouring of the Holy Spirit but for some reason, last minute, a schedule change meant I could not be there. This change created an insatiable hunger to be back with my brothers and sisters in Nepal to share the gospel and help out in 2015. And so imagine how I felt when I heard [...]
I lost my fiance last month and my god-sister in days of each other. They were the two closest people in my life. I didn't know how to go on but God has carried me through the one thing I thought I couldn't make it through. I feel God ministering and upholding my heart in his hands and his grace keeps me in ways like I don't know. I thank God for loving me so. - Carrie Martin. "This is what it means to [...]
I recently met a gentleman for lunch and he told me a fascinating story. Let me share it with you. Croydon (not his real name), had the perfect life. Everything he had wanted to be as a child, he was. He had married his Bible College sweetheart. Their 19 years of fruitful marriage produced 3 handsome and healthy boys. He was ordained as a youth pastor, his dream job. Better yet, his young disciples were fervent for God, winning souls to Christ every single [...]
The winter was brutal with ice and freezing cold hovering all over the Indianapolis skyline. I was owing 3 months of rent. School was out of session and so I could not sneak into the cafeteria for a hot meal. Yes, I used to sneak in through the back door since I could not afford the $5.50 meal charge. Many times I got caught and sent away to face a long hungry night. Other times I entered unnoticed and got a hot meal. I [...]
Fallen leaves and dew overlaid the grass. The weather was not too hot nor cold. Just a perfect fall Sunday. My roommate John, mentioned he had been invited to Church. I asked him if I could come along. He agreed. Though a Christian, I hadn't been to Church in the four weeks since I arrived Indianapolis. We attended Grace Evangelical Church that day. There I met good folks that I still liaise with today. This was many years ago. I often wondered if I [...]
