This may be my earliest (and longest) “Sunday reflections” posting ever, but I’m ready for vacation, so here’s my last work-related post for a while:

it’s always sad for a pastor to say ‘goodbye’ to good folks, and today I had to do that with some CLCers whose jobs transferred them out of the area (love [...]

Ok, Ok…I know you’re waiting patiently for the video at all 3 campuses, but I decided to go ahead & give you a little preview here.
I must confess, we missed the greatest photo-op of all, after the incredible response to the need for school shoes that resulted in over 1,000 pairs of shoes donated from [...]

A CLCer recently asked, “Where in the Bible do people get the notion that disease and illness is due to lack of faith?”
Great question, even though it’s so sad that it needs to be asked.  It’s perhaps the most hurtful extreme that has come out of the ‘faith’ movement among Spirit-filled churches, and that is [...]

I know that we’ve got one more Sunday to go in Tinley Park (two more in Shorewood and South Bend) with our End-Times series – and I can hardly wait for this weekend, since it’s the most important message of the series….
BUT I couldn’t hold off any longer in telling you about the NEXT series, [...]

I love a good story, don’t you?
One of the neatest stories I’ve ever heard from any mission field came last week in Davao during the “First Love Conference” there with Pastor Herley Montes.  Herley had invited a network of pastors and friends to be a part of the conference, and I couldn’t help but notice [...]

I’m hearing Willie Nelson in my head these days…..never put trips this close together before…..but I’m off this morning to Rochester, NY for the Reconciliation! Ministries International team meeting with Bishop Garlington.
As much as my body and my wife are telling me to rest, I must admit that I get energized being around other pastors, [...]

If you were here at CLC-TP yesterday, you heard how I was convicted by the Holy Spirit through Psalm 122, and especially the last 4 verses. 
In the last 2 services, I asked those who wanted to be part of a special prayer group here at CLC, focused especially on the nation of Israel, to respond [...]

What a weekend!  If you haven’t heard the whole story, here goes:

return from Philippines went incredibly smooth UNTIL we landed in the USA (literally) – sat on tarmac for 45 minutes before we could get to our gate-
then discovered our connecting flight from Dallas to Chicago was delayed by 70 minutes (which I guess was [...]

I’m writing this from Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan between flights.  (After the ‘island-hopping’ on Friday, we flew back to Manila for a short night’s rest, then left Manila this morning for the 4-hour flight here.)  Soon we’ll board a flight for Dallas that arrives before we leave Tokyo, thanks to the ‘miracle’ of time [...]

A CLCer asks,”I feel I have a calling for women’s ministry. What do you suggest for a Christian looking to serve the Lord in this capacity? I have enrolled in Christian Ministry school, and I don’t know exactly where the Lord wants me or how, it might be as a minister, or server, or janitor [...]