Most of you are aware at the end of this month I will be traveling with Oasis World Ministries to India where we will be dedicating...

I met Gary back in 1991 when I was a new senior pastor in Northfield, Minnesota. Gary had been the pastor of another local congregation...

2019 will be a year full of exciting opportunities including decisions we will need to pray about and believe they live up to what the...

As I sit at my desk and think about 30+ years of ministry, I do not remember ever considering committing to a whole year of focused...

As we begin this new year, the last year of the second decade of the 21st-century, it’s quite overwhelming to think almost 20 years have...

As I write this article from the central part of United States I have had the opportunity to have a reprieve from winter. Yesterday was...

One of the more interesting traditions surrounding Christmas in Germany is the Advent calendar. Children look forward to opening the...

First of all let me say thank you to everyone who participated in the Hawthorne Family Christmas, approximately 120 people attended a...

As I wrote this article on Thursday I was apprehensive and optimistic, more optimistic than apprehensive, for our fourth Christmas...

Most of you should be aware by now we are not having our annual Christmas Café this December. Instead, a smaller, more personal Christmas...