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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Sunday, July 20, 2014


Daily book quote - from In It For Life;
Chapter 5 -
"The church as we know it today is characterized by denominations; a variety of ethnic backgrounds; different social standing; diversity of ideas; distrust; disagreement; and yes, division. Yet, there is a call for unity. What does love require in a pluralistic church where we are required to “Love the Lord our God, and our neighbor as ourselves?” How should we handle differences in the church? Different opinions; different ideas; and even different beliefs? On one side are the conservatives, on the other are the liberals, and everything in between!  I mean, how should Christians handle theological, ethical, moral, and even economical controversy and diversity in the church?
    Before we can focus on these “one another” scriptures, we need to settle our thinking about diversity; of which there are two kinds: One is the diversity of belief as it concerns “issues”.  This surfaces in differences of theological, ethical, moral, and political opinion. In our world in which we live today, Christians are either soldiers or they are casualties in the fight over abortion, homosexuality, inerrancy of scripture, speaking in tongues, baptism, civil and social rights, and the list goes on! 
    The second kind of diversity is not about issues as much as it is about “style”. These are the little things that frustrate and irritate us in and about the church. Things like; style of music, style of worship, how to spend money; what to do about the kids in the church, who should or should not be in areas of leadership, and for that matter, who should or should not be welcomed as a member! 
    Listen, quantity and quality of love are not the issue. The real issue is our “selectivity”. We think we have the right and duty to decide who to love and how to love them! But, the Bible does not give us that right! It COMMANDS us to love one another and attaches no conditions whatsoever to the command!"
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