Wanderman in the Wilderness

God's word applied in the world.

Just what I wanted! What is it?

Have you ever seen a present opening frenzy? That is the only way I know how to describe the scene when a bunch of kids open their presents at the same time. We go to my in-laws for Christmas each year. Our kids, my brother-in-law’s kids, a couple of dogs, […]

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A sermon that went too long?

So I have preached a long sermon or two in my day. I try to be respectful of time, but I also want to develop and explain my points appropriately; sometimes that takes more than 25-30 minutes we set aside. I once had someone joke with me that I had […]

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The Road Not Taken

I was recently reminded of the Robert Frost poem, The Road Not Taken, which begins, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both…” and ends with the famous line, “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” In […]

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