Tis the season, and as you go about your daily routine this month you will no doubt be asked to donate $$$ to various charities while shopping. The freezing cold salvation army bell ringer will tug at your conscience until you hurry past him to get into the store. As you are confronted with these [...]

I have always been interested in observing successful people. More instructive than their end though, is the path they took to get success. Most of the time, success at anything is simply the natural result of tireless work – not innate talent. Look at this verse: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: [...]

Working at a pharmacy ensures that at some point during the day, I will deal with people who live off the government through welfare and Medicaid. There tends to be two types of people that use these services (that all the working people pay for). The first, is the lazy man or woman with no ambition [...]

I find that there is a common belief among Christians that while in general anger is to be avoided, there are times when “righteous” anger or “justified” anger is appropriate. After all Jesus was angry when he overturned the money changers tables right? And what about that verse in Ephesians that says “Be ye angry, [...]

Not much to say here. This is regretfully amateurish rendition of Come Thou Fount, but I hope you are blessed anyway. I am disappointed with the camera angle as well and will most likely re-record in the future.

I was recently talking to a teenager at my church in Hudson Falls, NY and he was telling me how he had just started learning the French horn. “Cool!” I said, “How much do you practice?” He gave me a quizzical stare before saying, “Maybe three hours a week?” “Pffffffffffffttt……….!! that’s it?” “Yeah I thought [...]

As a new father to be, my goal is to be as prepared as possible for the monumental task of raising a “man child” into a responsible adult. I say responsible adult, but what I really mean is someone who realizes our temporary condition here on earth and that there is no higher calling, but [...]

This is a quick “by ear” arrangement of this great hymn inspired by my wife who suggested that I learn how to play it. Thanks babe! This was my first take, and although it’s not perfect, it does the job.

Popular culture has some pretty strict standards for being considered a “beautiful” person. Advertising, television, and music all boldly proclaim that your body need to be primped, brushed, waxed, tanned, cut, and anorexic before you will be successful in life. What a shame. This incredible pressure from popular culture has sharply increased our rates of [...]

Did you ever wonder why God decided to leave us sinful people here on this earth and send his son to die for us? I mean, he could have easily just scrapped the universe and started over right? That’s one of the many odd questions that really don’t matter much here on earth, but will [...]

If God said that tomorrow he would take away your wife (or someone very close to you) how would you react? This is exactly what God said to Ezekiel in the following passage: Ezekiel 24 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither [...]