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October 2026

October 10, 2026

What About the Trees? Another Living Parable

After I finished writing the last article about falling leaves as a living parable. I...

October 09, 2026

Falling Leaves: A Living Parable on Letting Go

I’ve spent the vast majority of my life in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania. As...

September 2026

September 28, 2026

Life’s Urge: What My $16 Life Surge Ticket Really Bought

Lately there has been some controversy surrounding a business called Life Surge, that holds large...

September 18, 2026

Creatively Created Creatures Created to Create

In his amazing book The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus refers to us humans by...

September 15, 2026

Squatters In Your Head

You’ve heard of squatters, right? Squatters are basically people who take up residence in homes...

August 2026

August 27, 2026

The Pursuit of Happiness: All’s Well That Ends Well

I have an opinion that I know will be controversial, at least in the arts...

August 05, 2026

The Joyful Noise Principle: Worshiping God As He Deserves

I am not a good singer… There, I said it. Now don’t get me wrong....

July 2026

July 31, 2026

“Love” Songs…Could We Do Better?

Who Is This Song About? I remember it like it was yesterday. I was sitting...

July 17, 2026

The Pastor Who Paints: Reaching People Through Art

I'm a pastor and an itinerant artist/speaker who's ministered in about 350 venues in at...

June 2026

June 01, 2026

To AI or Not to AI: That Is the Question? AI in Creativity

The other day I saw a meme that urged people not to use AI for...

May 2026

May 29, 2026

Inactive: Where I’ve Been and Why It Matters to You

As I write this, I face a similar concern to that of most writers. Will...

January 2026

January 01, 2026

What’s Your Word for 2026? A Different Kind of Resolution

I wasn’t going to do it. I’ve fallen to the temptation in the past. Set...

December 2025

December 04, 2025

How Social is Social Media?

Author Michael Crichton asserted in his 2004 novel State of Fear that global warming was...

November 2025

November 20, 2025

Is AI Music Real Music? Can it be Spiritual?

The other day, my intrepid editor, Alan Crandall, sent me a link to an article...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Why Be Normal? (When God Has Something More)

It’s a strange phenomenon that we humans experience almost from birth. It’s the pressure to...

October 14, 2025

The Simple Truth: SDG

(I’ve started doing an online video devotional on YouTube called The Simple Truth. I wrote...

October 06, 2025

Rush Is Back! A Tale of Inspiration

Okay I know I usually talk about creative arts ministry, but today I would like...

October 03, 2025

Combatting Negativity: Overcoming Antisocial Media

There’s a lot to be angry about on the antisocial social media. Keyboard warriors posting...

September 2025

September 14, 2025

Squatters In Your Head: Maintaining Your Mental Real Estate

You’ve heard of squatters, right? Squatters are basically people who take up residence in places...

September 06, 2025

Killing Creativity: What to Encourage, What to Oppose

Okay before you accuse me of sensationalism, stick with me, I have a point. There...

July 2025

July 08, 2025

Forget the G.O.A.T. Getting Free From “Greatness”

Have you ever heard someone refer to someone as the G.O.A.T.? It’s not an insult....

June 2025

June 26, 2025

When God Changes Your Plans, Trust Him Anyway

When God Does Something Else: What to Do When Plans Change I originally was going...

June 15, 2025

What If I Stumble? What Happens to Art When Artists Fall?

I was an 80s hard rock and metal kid. In the five years after my...

May 2025

May 09, 2025

Try New Things! It’s a Game Changer.

The old saying says, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but I sometimes wonder if...

April 2025

April 21, 2025

It’s a Hard Fought Hallelujah, but Who’s Fighting?

So the other day I was scrolling through the inter webs and came upon a...

April 16, 2025

Is It Ministry or Just Entertainment? Maybe It’s Both

I’ve had the question quite a bit in my years of itinerant ministry, “Are you...

April 14, 2025

You’re Not Too Old: Moses and the Call at 80

This is the second part of a series on Moses and living our calling This...

April 09, 2025

Qualifying the Called: Moses at the Burning Bush, Part 1

Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes? Perhaps you feel like you...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

Lessons From Snow White for Christian Creatives

I really went back and forth about writing this article. I usually hate when writers...

March 18, 2025

When 2020 Shattered My Vision, God Showed Me His 2020 Vision

2020: How’s Your Vision? I can’t have been the only pastor to fall for it....

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