Category: Pastor’s Meditations

            I love sports. I like to play sports and I enjoy watching some sporting events. There are some “sports” however, that make no sense, like Curling and Cricket.             Another thing that does not make any sense to me is for teams to pay millions of dollars to athletes that…

               Last week, I spoke about the proliferation of bad songs in our churches. Finding good Christian songs to sing in our worship services is becoming as difficult as finding a good movie to watch in the theaters.                 Today, I want…

               I want to take a few minutes of your time and talk about music. There is so much bad music out there that is scary. No, I’m not referring to the awful secular music, with its pervasive and perverted language and message. Rap music is horrible and so…

              Identity theft is a big problem in the United States. In 2017 alone, there were almost 17 million cases of identity fraud resulting in over 16 billion dollars in losses. To say that it has become a worldwide epidemic is to put it mildly.        …

              In 1996, the movie “The Substitute” came out in the theaters. A retired mercenary goes undercover as a substitute teacher at Miami High School in order to dismantle a criminal organization using high school students.               Being a substitute teacher is one of…

              Almost everyone in the world knows the story about the “miracle” in Thailand. A youth soccer team (12 boys) and their coach were trapped inside a dangerous and nearly flooded cave for eighteen days, before being rescued by a team of Thai Navy Seals and many others.  …

“I can’t do this!” The boy cried out in desperation. “What is wrong, son?” The concerned grandfather asked him. “I can’t do this, I can’t. I don’t know how to swim!” The grandfather smiled and replied to his frustrated grandson: “Well, can you explain to me what have you been doing in the pool for…

            I have a quirk…well I have many quirks. Among them is that I have a fixation with turning off the lights where ever I go, especially around my house. If I see a light on, I just feel the urge to turn it off.             I believe that this…

                A man decided to buy a pool one summer. He dreamed of spending time with his family swimming in the pool and he had saved a little money through the year, hoping to make his dream a reality during the summer time.                 Summer arrived and our friend…

                The story of the Prodigal Son is a tale of redemption and reunification. The main emphasis of this short story is not how lost, depraved and sinful the son was, but how much love and forgiveness there was in his father’s heart.                 I have found this to…