Inheritance. It’s a word we are all familiar with; maybe you’re hoping to receive a family heirloom, vacation home, or a windfall of money as part of an inheritance. Maybe you are waiting . . . waiting for that rich uncle to die. Ok, that last part was meant to be funny. The movie, “Greedy” with Michael J. Fox and Kirk Douglas comes to mind. It’s a cute PG-13 comedy about a family who attempts to ...  Read More

When Jennifer and I first met in college…more than just a few years ago…I was not a Christian. We started dating and she soon invited me to go to church with her. I wasn’t particularly thrilled about going to church, but my interest in her overrode any misgivings about going to church. It was a church affiliated with the Baptist Student Union at Michigan State. It consisted entirely of students, w...  Read More

When I saw the title in this together, I started singing "We’re all in this together" from the Disney movie “High School Musical”. If you are not familiar with the movie, you have a classical Disney love story, but the catch is, you have different “groups” throughout the school that don't get along. Troy Bolton, the superstar basketball player and coach's son falls for Gabriella Montez who is 1. T...  Read More

If you did not read my devotional from last week, I told you all a little bit of my salvation story. Fittingly this week, the passage of scripture reminds us to remember what God has done, and to remember that it is only by him and through him that we have anything—the very breath in our lungs is God’s grace towards us. As much as I would love to go into deeper detail of my own story of salvation ...  Read More

Uphill both ways, barefoot, and in a blizzard! How else do you think I made it to and from school each day? Maybe your children or grandchildren have heard the same story about you. It’s always enjoyable sharing a story, or a “when I was your age” moment with our kids. My boy Luke is currently five and a half years old and LOVES video games whenever and wherever he gets a chance to play them. “Now...  Read More

What I am doing in the present is creating effects for generations to come. I never could have imagined what it would do in my life when my dad started a bus route in our church in Detroit when I was a small child. My dad was newly saved, and he was being encouraged to serve the Lord in some capacity. At the time, he didn’t really know what his spiritual gifts were, and so he wasn’t really sure wh...  Read More