Today I want to skip down memory lane to when I was a teenager in Walnut Creek, California collecting American television memorabilia. My focus was on the 1960s—shows like Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, McHale’s Navy, and Bonanza. I loved it!    To my wife Cindy’s great dismay, I have been able to hold onto that collection for all these years. But it has NOT been easy! It has taken a strong...

A good portion of the world’s activity is RANKED. We rank our sports teams and schools. We rank cars and travel destinations. We rank PEOPLE’S accomplishments, appearance, and bank account.    Man is predisposed to rank almost everything and track it all on a SCOREBOARD.    Living with rankings and a scoreboard can only mean one thing: all of us will eventually LOSE in our effort...

This just in from our global online tribe: I know I’m supposed to give the challenges and questions of my life to God, but can you explain what that means beyond praying?    “GIVE IT TO GOD” (GITG) is grounded in Scripture and one of the most powerful forces in the Bible. But its power is DILUTED when we use it as this kind of hollow slogan: “Come on, just give it to God and move on.”    NO!    GITG...

This just in from our global online tribe: I’m not sure if I live with too much FEAR or not. But I am certain that I do NOT have God’s PEACE. What does that mean?    If you live on planet earth you know we are living in uncertain times that produce FEAR. The COVID pandemic. Political warfare. Economic turbulence. Racial tension. And more. Even Christians, maybe especially Christians, struggle...

I am completely over the anger-charged demonization and hatred coursing through the soul of America’s political institution. Tired of the 2020 Election? Are you kidding? Enough already. If you’re with me, read on and we’ll turn it off in five steps: 1) EMBRACE HOPE; 2) FAITH OVER FEAR; 3) PRAY FOR CALM; 4) SHINE GOD’S LIGHT; and 5) GIVE IT TO GOD.    Our starting place is to EMBRACE HOPE...

Before fully activating my faith, I was a Corporate CEO chasing success with a load of pain burdening my every step. Every minute. Every breath. Even now I can remember stretching out for Jesus to know him intimately. What I did not realize then, but know now, is that he was waiting for me to surrender first.    Tears of joy flowed like a rain-swollen river when I fully surrendered my life...

This just in from our global online tribe: “I want to have faith, but I feel like I have no control over my future. That I can’t change anything. It’s like I’m powerless and I want to give up. What do I do?    This question has been around since ancient Greece when Aristotle presented the notion of FATALISM–a way of thinking that is antithetical to Christianity because it rejects the...

This year’s Halloween “celebration” may have passed, but the danger of being TRICKED INTO SINNING by the Enemy is still parked in the driveway of every Christian.    C’mon, tricked into sinning? Absolutely.    Nobody wakes up with a “TO-SIN LIST” on their nightstand. We sin by falling for Satan’s trick that makes something look “irresistible” and feel like what we receive is FREE.    It...

This just in from our global online tribe of 900,000 followers: I hear other Christians say we should thank God IN ADVANCE. Isn’t that presumptuous on our part?    This is a GREAT question because it is about FAITH. And faith is important, right? Of course!    Faith is not hoping God will show up. Faith is not thinking God might be able to act. Faith is thanking God in advance...

Most people will be MORE THAN GLAD when this election season turns out the lights and retreats into the shadows to prepare for its next assault on our senses. But before the 2020 election circus breaks down the tents and shelters the restless animals, all eyes will be on its three rings with great interest in the OUTCOME and who got the most VOTES.    Saying there is “GREAT INTEREST” in...