I am writing this from the cool climes of Colorado, 9000 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. It sure beats the 100 plus degrees of Houston, Texas. But my heart isn’t in either Colorado or Texas. It’s in India. I spent the first ten days of August in that...

Last month I spoke with my church about generosity and giving. Many pastors don’t enjoy talking about giving but I do. I believe that our faith is about giving. We have a giving God (“for God so loved the world that He gave his only-begotten Son) and we have a giving...

We Christians believe the most remarkable things. Incredible things, really. We believe that God exists. That’s our most important belief. But it’s not the most surprising or incredible. We believe that God came to earth. We believe that he came to earth as a human...

Most of you know that in addition to my work with Good News I am also the pastor of Adult Discipleship at The Woodlands United Methodist Church thirty miles north of Houston, Texas. Shortly after receiving Christ as my Savior in high school, God placed two passions...

The bad news, as you know, is that the United Methodist Church is declining. Membership, attendance, and giving have all decreased. In fact, membership in the United States is at its lowest point since The Evangelical United Brethren and The Methodist Church merged in...

I recently spoke at two Annual Conferences, trying to encourage the evangelical groups there in their efforts to be faithful to the Gospel and to renew their Conference. One of the Annual Conferences was The Southwest Texas Conference, which includes the cities of...