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Life Was Easier

I’ll have to admit, my job was easier six years ago. Six years ago we had one campus and one location. I was responsible for a wonderful, though much smaller staff. I was preaching sermons, leading staff meetings, discipling, and doing a little bit of counseling.

May 5, 20232 min read

Best Bible Version

Four clergymen were discussing Bible translations. One liked the King James Version best because of its beautiful classical English. Another liked the New American Standard because of its nearness to the original Hebrew and Greek. Another preferred the New Living Translation because of its up-to-date phraseology. The fourth replied…

Apr 29, 20232 min read

Attitude

When a pilot loses sense of the airplane’s attitude, disaster is imminent. That’s why we have an attitude indicator…

Apr 21, 20232 min read

What Do You Say?

I have perfect pitch. I guess it’s pretty unusual. I learned when I was a kid that I could hum middle C without hearing it first. I later learned that’s perfect pitch. I just now tried it again, hummed what I thought was middle C, and then played the note online, and bingo, I had it exactly. I understand that even a lot of accomplished musicians and singers are not able to do that. But whe

Apr 14, 20232 min read

Why Does It Matter?

Several years ago I had lunch with a young local business man and aspiring politician. He asked me, “What gets you up in the morning?” Meaning, what am I passionate about, what gets me excited?“The resurrection of Jesus.”

Apr 7, 20232 min read

Another School Shooting

Why do these things keep happening. Now it’s a Christian elementary school. Little 9 year-olds mercilessly gunned down!Some point to the proliferation of guns. That argument can be made, though more households had guns in America when I was growing up than today, but there were no school shootings that I remember hearing about.

Mar 31, 20232 min read

A Fourth Location?

“Are you crazy?” None of you reading this are surprised that I’ve been asked that.The Bridge really is one church, though we currently operate four campuses in three locations (Spanish service is organized as a campus).

Mar 24, 20232 min read

Saint Patrick

When Junior was little, he thought the whole world celebrated his birthday on March 17 by putting out decorations with his favorite color, green. He didn’t know that his birthday was also Saint Patrick’s Day.

Mar 17, 20232 min read

Ding Dong & Dash

A nun walking down the street noticed a young boy on his tiptoes trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. Although he was trying very hard, he wasn’t tall enough to reach the doorbell.After watching the boy’s efforts for a moment, the nun walked across the street, up the steps to the porch, and came up behind the little guy, lifted him up a couple of feet. The boy giggled a

Mar 10, 20232 min read

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

In the Bahamas last week, a tour boat witnessed a dog jumping into the ocean after a hammerhead shark. On land, I think we know who the winner would be. But in the sea? That dog would be no match for the 12- foot predator.

Mar 3, 20232 min read

JUST ONE Honduras

Five years ago, Maddie Trncic came to work for us at The Bridge. She came to us from a ministry in Honduras. She agreed to work in our church office for just six months because her heart was with students in Honduras who had no means to continue their education.

Feb 24, 20232 min read

Do You Want Help?

If you put a vulture in a 6’x8’ pen that is open on top, the bird, despite its ability to fly, would be a prisoner. Vultures learn to fly by running 10 to 12 feet and lifting off. They are fully capable of taking off in a short span, they just don’t know it.

Feb 17, 20232 min read

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