Author Archives: asimpleguy

If you’ve known me for any time at all, you know that I’m a huge TobyMac fan. Now if you don’t know who TobyMac is, you’re missing out. He’s a Christian music artist that I’ve been listening to for 34 years: first when he was with DCTalk in the late 80’s and then as aContinue reading “The Goodness of God”

I was out of town this past week and our Children’s Pastor shared a devotional with our church. It was a good reminder that we need to keep our eyes on Jesus. I decided to share it with you here on my blog. I hope it encourages you: One of my favorite things about summerContinue reading “Turning Towards the Son”

This past week I talked about humility in my sermon. It’s a word that continues to come up in conversation a lot these days. And it just “happened” to be the topic of a weekly email devotion I received this week from a pastor’s website I subscribe to.  The devotional started off with a phraseContinue reading “Remaining Humble and Teachable”

For my blog this week, I want to share a devotional my wife Stacy did this week for our Church: And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.  -1 Corinthians 13:13 My dad passed away unexpectedly at the end of July. Our family is so grateful forContinue reading “The Staying Power of Love”

In John chapter 17, Jesus knows that the time is coming for Him to go to the cross. And we see Him praying to the Father in this section of scripture. He prays for Himself as He seeks to glorify God in what is about to happen, He prays for His disciples because He knowsContinue reading “Unity in the Church”

I had my first experience with death when I was 11 years old. My great grandma passed away after a short bout with cancer. At her graveside service, my grandma asked if I would recite Psalm 23. It was a chapter of scripture I had memorized in school and my grandma said she knew itContinue reading “The Great Shepherd”

I’m not sure about you, but I know I go through seasons where I feel like I’m just spinning in circles—where I feel like I just keep hitting a brick wall. The reality is, we’re all human and we’re all susceptible to failure. And over the years I’ve discovered a few practices to help turnContinue reading “Turn Things Around”

As a pastor, I have people who come to me hoping I can tell them what God wants them to do with their life. And I can tell you in all honesty, I have never had an answer for them. My normal response is that they really need to seek and hear God for themselves. Continue reading “Lets Keep Moving”

One of my favorite stories in the Bible when I was young was the story of the great catch. I had a children’s Bible that had pictures of some of the stories and I remember the picture of Peter and some of the disciples struggling to pull these nets full of fish into their boats.Continue reading “Letting Jesus Into Our Boat”

This Monday is the 4th of July: a day we celebrate our independence as a country; a day we reflect on the freedoms that we have in this country. I served in the United States Marine Corps years ago and made a commitment to fight for those freedoms.  I am thankful for the freedoms thatContinue reading “The Freedom to Surrender”