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, November 10, 2014

Daily book quote;
    The mind is known as the “seat of intellect and knowledge”. The heart is the “seat of emotion”. Both are filled with good and bad, right and wrong. For many of us, even after being “born again” the mind and the heart - the intellect and the emotions - are still controlled by “SELF” and although self is able to discern good from bad, and right from wrong, self discerns pleasure and not truth! Romans chapter 8:8 calls this living by the flesh or “according to the sinful nature.” You see, it all depends on who is sitting on the throne! Verse 9 goes on to say “You, however, are not controlled by the sinful nature, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.”    The Spirit teaches us truth, and reminds us of truth when we are tempted to yield to “self” or the “flesh.” The Spirit convicts us of guilt, when and if we do fall, and helps us to focus on repentance, forgiveness, and the future....helping us to keep our eyes on eternity and eternal things, rather than just the things of this world. The Holy Spirit of God will only do in our lives that which we ask Him and allow Him to do.
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