Category: Wholeness Ministries

Dear Friends, This headline may be familiar to you because some twenty years ago I used this headline in an article I wrote for our newsletter. I re-wrote the article to update it so it reflected what I believe is going on in our world today and I felt it important to re-emphasize the calling […]

Dear Friends, I read a fascinating article recently that got me to thinking about this question. I fear this question is the unspoken thinking of many churchgoers. The assumption is; “I go to the right church, I believe the right things, I’m a good person. Of course, I expect to receive God’s blessing.” That blessing […]

Dear Friends, In last month’s newsletter I wrote an article outlining why I believe we were created by God. While many of us labor under the false assumption that God created us mainly to do good works I believe we were created first of all simply to be loved by God. Perhaps you have heard […]

Dear Friends, We often get the impression that the reason we have been created is to work for God. Either for specific things he wants us to do or to be acceptable to him. This is a subtle lie right out of the pit of hell. We were created to be loved and to love. […]

Dear Friends, Thinking back on Thanksgiving and how it’s a time of celebration, family get togethers, and having guests at our homes. I recently heard the story of a grandmother who sent a text out inviting the family over for Thanksgiving dinner. She accidentally sent it to a single young man not in her family. […]