This picture is blurry because it was dusk. This animal is much bigger than the picture shows. It was almost as big as the van,.

In a few weeks the Stonebridge Newsletter will be five years old. It is a tool God has given me to be a blessing to thousands of people every week. It has opened doors of ministry that never would have been possible before. That’s what happened this week.

Woody Shoemaker
Friday Woody Shoemaker stepped into my office. It’s always a good part of my day when Woody stops in. We have both been pastors for years and together we solve the world’s problems and swap old pastor stories. When he stepped in I was thinking about what I was going to say later that evening to the men in Grosse Pointe. My job was to convince men who were already swamped with responsibilities that they should help form a men’s ministry in the church. …

I am often asked to speak about how to protect our children from rebellion and I am asked to address why young people turn from the faith or apparent faithfulness. I am convinced that we have lost a handle on what it means to protect our sons and daughters from danger. We live in a time when it will be unusual for sons and daughters to go on for God. If it happens they will be a part of a remnant and it will be an unusual …

There is a fine line between a merry heart which is like a continual feast and folly which is like scratching your fingernails on a chalkboard. Part of growing into manhood is discerning that subtle difference.

When I was about sixteen Niles Eikenberry hired me to work in his grocery store. My job was the clean the meat department every night. It was important that I did my job well. If the meat department was not perfectly clean people could become very sick. It was hard work back there and lonely. I worked back all night every night. It was monotonous work and there was no one to talk to. I didn’t do well. I should …