Words from Colorado

Something to think about. Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately , 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. 4 minutes later : The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. 6 minutes : A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again. 10 minutes : A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time . This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced ...

Jack Higgens, author of the successful novel The Eagle Has Landed, was asked what he would like to have known as a boy . His answer: “That when you get to the top, there’s nothing there.” Those called personally by Jesus to follow His way, His life find there’s much more to life, than you could ever dream. There is in fact everything you could want or hope to find, when you know the Lord! Yet it’s not always Happiness and Hallelujahs! The Apostles, men set aside by Jesus, and commissioned to carry His message around the world , were typical humans, they (Like Us) ran cold, and hot…sometimes zealous, other times intimidated… the personalities of their past ….the old nature, frail, undisciplined would often rush to the for-front of an event. How very evident is the humanity of James, and his brother, John… James was the oldest “Son of Thunder” So named I believe because of their zealous, passionate personalities! The following event from the life of these two brothers, illustrates t...

Grace...how many times have you heard that word? If you have been around Church for any length of time....you have heard it plenty of times! Words often used, over used, can lose their ability to convey meaning. Grace is a word that should never become common! Grace properly understood, properly embraced will convey and carry deep meaning, to every Christian... until their last moment on this earth! Then Faith shall become sight! We shall behold Him! Until then, we need to consider, to ponder the meaning of...Grace. Grace...what is it? What is so amazing about it? Why do Christians refer to it so frequently? I believe because Grace is the one word that reminds us of our value to God, to His Son, to the Holy Spirit. Because of Grace, lost humanity became the object of both love and rescue! A love (Personified in The Lord Jesus Christ) that would rather leave heaven, endure unbelievable cruelty, to provide a rescue... ...

*On August 7, 1974, shortly after 7:15 a.m., Philippe Petit stepped off the South Tower WTC and onto a steel cable (A walk that took six years to plan, and was illegal) He walked the wire for 45 minutes, making eight crossings between the towers, a quarter mile above the sidewalks of Manhattan. In addition to walking, he sat on the wire, gave knee salutes and, while lying on the wire, spoke with a gull circling above his head! As soon as Petit was observed by witnesses on the ground, the Port Authority Police Department dispatched officers to the roof to take him into custody. One of the officers, Sgt. Charles Daniels, later reported his experience: "I observed the tightrope 'dancer'—because you couldn't call him a 'walker'—approximately halfway between the two towers. And upon seeing us he started to smile and laugh and he started going into a dancing routine on the high wire... And when he got to the building we as...

I had an interesting experience on a Monday afternoon recently. A man named Andrew called me and asked abruptly if he could ask me a series of questions. He jumped right in and asked if I though of myself as Free, or in bondage? He followed that up if I thought I was more flesh or Spirit? (I just had several cookies that one of our Church members had left for me, so when He called I was definitely, more flesh than spirit!) He also wanted to know that when I speak is it God’s words or mine. He also was captivated by the concept of binding and loosening, He was confused, He was confusing! I shared my life journey to faith in Jesus and how He could know him. He had a problem with thinking of himself as a sinner…I quickly told him that I was a sinner, and the only difference between me and a non-believer is that because of the Lord Jesus Christ, I have been forgiven…. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36). I learned that he is an engineer and calls Pasto...

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.(Proverbs 3:5-6). To be directed by the hand of God, to know that your life has been useful, helpful...needed, that is my hearts desire . Today on a crisp beautiful afternoon, I am thinking of how incredibly exciting and fulfilling it is to follow the Lord's path! He offers "Son-lit Pathways"! This past Sunday (October 18th) I received a unanimous call to serve as Pastor of the exciting and loving, HillTop Baptist Church in Green River, Wyoming . A remarkable series of events brought me (It was all the Lord) to this town of 12,000 in South West, Wyoming. I have pastored full time since 1988, in every Church the Lord has directed me to, I have found acceptance, adversity, community and challenge! And in some Churches, more...bee's than honey:) As I look back with deep ...

When you think of the qualities that make a man a man, or a woman a woman, of distinction, high on the list would be courage. We need courage because, life's pressures can test the mettle of the strongest of personalities. Unforeseen challenges, financial pressure, unemployment, temptation, frustration and the ever present reality that people, depend on you…people need you, can make anyone weak in the knees. Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great . Ralph Waldo Emerson Peter the Galilean fisherman who responded to the call of Jesus on his life, knew all about transitions. I often think of Peter, and his many challenges and find great encouragement in the way He finished his race. He did so with courage! To be sure the life of Peter reminds us of the danger of assumption, thinking were to strong to fail. Remember "An unguarded strength, is a weakness". Adrian Rogers Yet after his denial of Jesus, he wept bitterly, and those bitter tears of re...