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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Friday, January 30, 2015

  “Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel:  "I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The LORD has said to me, 'You shall not cross the Jordan.'  The LORD your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the LORD said.  And the LORD will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. The LORD will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their forefathers to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." (Deut. 31:1-8)
    I want to call your attention to some of the words that Moses uses in this scripture like; “The Lord will cross ahead of you”…“He will destroy the nations” … “The Lord will do to them…”  “The Lord will deliver them to you”… The Lord goes with you and never will leave you nor forsake you”… And, he repeats that in verse 8 saying “The Lord himself goes before you”…“Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” After hearing all that, can you imagine Joshua sitting down and saying, “So, what’s your point?”… In my reading the Book of Joshua, I think Joshua got the point loud and clear.
     One of the things we tend to do as Christians today, is to focus on the New Testament for our understanding the Christian life, and our understanding of God and His will for our lives, and so on. We see ourselves as the “New Testament Church” and, we tend sometimes to view the Old Testament as a collection of historical stories that are filled with names we can’t pronounce, and the wonderful experiences with Almighty God and His presence with His people that just doesn’t seem to exist today. But, I am able to say that if you haven’t seen the hand of God moving in your life or in the life of your church; if you haven’t seen any miracles or awesome displays of God’s power; or if you haven’t seen or felt the compassion and love of God in your life or in the world today; then you haven’t been looking! 



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