In 1987, our family moved to California to take up the pastorate of a church in the Long Beach area. The day we flew into town, my secretary picked us up at the airport to take us to our house. As we pulled into traffic, the very first thing I saw was a bumper sticker that read: “Welcome To California . . . Now Go Home!” It was not exactly a warm and cheery […]

Look at the birds of the air . . . . Consider the lilies of the field . . . —Matthew 6:26, 28Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin”— they simply are! Think of the sea, the air, the sun, … […]

“God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” […]