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, September 4, 2014

Daily book quote from "The Kingdom"

    "First of all, the Kingdom of God operates on certain principles, laws, or “keys” as Jesus calls them. So, for this to do us any good at all, we must not only have a relationship with Christ; we must also know what the keys are; what they open and what they are for. If I had a ring of keys and had no idea what they were for, what good are they? 
    Second, however, is this; although we have the kingdom of God within us - that is all the power, wisdom, knowledge, peace, love and authority of God - we have it in seed form. The very next thing Jesus says is that “The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed.” Even though it was the smallest of seed, it would grow to be one of the largest plants. Like everything in seed form, it must be planted, cultivated, watered, and developed in order to become functional. The seeds of the Kingdom within us are the same.
    Robert Fulghum said; “Sharing everything; playing fair; putting things back where you found them; cleaning up your own mess; don’t take things that are not yours; say you are sorry when you hurt someone; and when you go out into the world, stay alert, hold hands, and stick together!” That’s everything he learned in kindergarten!
    I believe this is the first key; having a childlike faith, a childlike attitude, a teachable spirit, and a humility that understands that we need each other. This, we might say is the “seed.”
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