About me

I was born and raised in Northern (Superior) Wisconsin about 80 miles from the Canadian border; and, yes it gets very cold there! At the young age of 32 I began to feel called into ministry. One night at a church dinner, my wife Judy and I sat at a table next to our district superintendent. In the course of our conversation, he said that he had a small church that needed someone to supply the pulpit until he could appoint a new pastor. My pastor suggested that maybe I could do that. I agreed, and two Sundays later, my wife and I drove to that small rural church. Little did we know that I would fill the pulpit in that church for thirteen years!

I have now been in the ministry for 35 years after also serving churches in Virginia and Maryland. I am currently retired...well, sort of. In my retirement, I am now serving as part-time Pastor of First Evangelical Covenant Church in Superior Wi. I began writing books about seven years ago, and still enjoy speaking and teaching when I can. My wife Judy passed away in 2021and I have since remarried to My wife Crystal.

I have a deep desire to help people grow in their faith and knowledge of God’s Word. My books are what I call a “Quest for Discipleship”. As I said, I am a published author and I have nineteen books which include my latest called "Tell Me, Show Me, Fill Me, Change Me"; "In It For Life"; “By His Hand”; “Show and Tell”; “The Promised Gift”; “Jars of Clay”; “The Kingdom of God”; “From the Pastor’s Desk”; “More From the Pastor’s Desk”; "T.E.A.M."; "Let Earth Receive Her King"; "Therefore" "Principles from Proverbs"; "God's Top ten"; "Prayer Changes Things", "5 R's of Revelation" and two "Renewed Faith" 90 day devotionals all by Life Ministries Publishing.

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Daily book quote - from In It For Life;
Chapter 4 - part 2

    “The intake of God’s Word really involves more than we think. It involves the five disciplines of “hearing”; “reading”; “study”; “meditation”; and “prayer”.
    Paul, once again in 1st Timothy 4:13 instructs Timothy to “devote himself to the public reading of scripture, and to preaching and teaching” Why? To insure that the people would at least hear the Word of God, and that by hearing they might have faith.
    In those days the people were actually encouraged not to read the scriptures. The Pharisees and other religious leaders felt the common person could not understand, and there were no book stores! The Scriptures were not as readily available as we have today. The Pharisees, as Jesus pointed out to them, had a “do as I say and not as I do” religion.
    It is proven that we retain very little of what we hear! And, like those in the Parable of the Sower, Satan quickly snatches away what may have been sown, and we soon forget. Need proof? How many of you heard the preacher’s message two weeks ago? Or better yet, how many heard the preacher’s message last week? And, how much do you remember?  You see, “hearing” alone will not promote spiritual growth. It will and does “encourage our faith”, but hearing alone will not promote the kind of growth we need for “life”.

 
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