My mother-in-law, June, passed away last Wednesday and my wife and I are making plans to be at her memorial service next week in Oregon. She had Alzheimer’s disease and had been in a memory care facility. Life is so short! We would appreciate your prayers as we travel, officiate at the memorial, and settle her affairs. John 14:2 Jesus said, “… I go to prepare a place for you ….” As a Christian, what comfort I have in knowing what Jesus has done!... Read more here

Bearing the Sword
One of the reasons a military is needed is to subdue evil. Bad guys are out there and our defense forces (along with police and other agencies) protect us. From the playground to the battleground there are those who needlessly hurt others.
As the Apostle Paul says in reference to government’s intervention, “ … if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing ….” (Romans 13:4).
But with that amazing protective force military services provide there is also a great force to provide help and healing. Just take a look at www.defense.gov to see the amazing things our service members are doing today in Haiti. Those whose business is war can use their skills to save and protect life from disasters.
A colleague once served on the hospital ship USNS Comfort and he can tell you firsthand about responses to needs in crisis.
As you pray and give regarding the needs in Haiti, I suggest you also remember the responders, all the service members and civilians who respond to the staggering need around them.
Compassion fatigue need not win. Let’s support our team in Haiti.
Sometimes a sword becomes a scalpel.... Read more here

Please respond to the need in Haiti!
Here’s an article I wrote last week that sums up my response to the need:
There’s a tragedy of untold magnitude in Haiti, that poorest of countries in the Western Hemisphere. Last night I heard a news reporter choke up during his report as he witnessed an injured girl, lips quivering, struggle with life under blood-soaked bandages.
What can we do?
1) Pray. We don’t determine God’s actions, we ask for them.
2) Give. There are many worthy organizations, and they need our help. One military family is giving the 3.4% raise in military pay for the first pay period of 2010. There are many other ways to give. Please give something!
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Read more here

What can the US military do to help in Haiti? I’d like to know what you think?... Read more here

Today is Martin Luther King Day … how did his work affect you personally? ... Read more here