Compulsive Gambling—by Kids

I was listening to the radio recently when a teacher from the Dallas-Fort Worth area called in to a national sports show. He expressed his concern about the alarming number of young men in his high school classroom who are gambling on their phones during class. This...

The 2024 Election: For Good or Bad?

I refuse to tell you who to vote for in this election. No matter who you vote for, I will still love you. I purposefully wrote and posted this article before the election so that you may read it in an unbiased way. I also hope you can maintain trust in God if your...

How to Deal with Dogmatic People

As I last wrote, I reached an impasse in my ministry about twenty years ago. I felt frustrated and impatient with people because I was convinced if the right information was given to them, I could persuade them. I was wrong. I happened to have checked out an audiobook...

Skin in the Game

There was a point about twenty years ago when I reached a real impasse in my ministry. When working with people, I felt frustrated and impatient. That was not good. Then, I checked out an audiobook by Dale Carnegie called “How to Win Friends and Influence People” from...