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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Monday, July 21, 2014

Daily book quote - from In It For Life;
Chapter 6
"Be Filled"...

    Let’s begin with this quote from Charles Stanley on the spirit filled life; “Far too many believers think the Christian life boils down to “do’in the best they can.” But if that were true, then there was no need for God to send the Holy Spirit. Jesus said in John 16 - “But it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you, but if I go, I will send Him to you.” ( NKJV) If we don’t need any help; if the Christian life is just a matter of  do’in the best we can, then why send a “Helper”?  This was Jesus way of tipping us off to a pro-found truth about the Christian life…Guess what, It’s impossible to attempt to live it in our pow-er and will. The kind of life and lifestyle God has called us to as Christians, is impossible to attain apart from divine intervention. And, let me take that a step further; I don’t believe God intended nor does He expect us to live it without His help. This is why Jesus said in John 15:5 “apart from me, you can do nothing.”
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