Podcast Episodes

Discovering New Purpose

My friend Deb is a retired nurse who looks out for everyone. The “gift of helps” is woven into her nature.

Recently, Deb took on a new assignment. S…

1 year, 8 months ago

Be a Barnabas

One day you are helping with the youth group, and the next they are helping you. As I get into the November of my life, I have tried to figure out h…

1 year, 8 months ago

Strong of Heart

My nephew is a grown man now, married, with school-aged children. While we’ve bonded since he was quite young, we share mostly secular news and tour…

1 year, 8 months ago

Never too Old

God can and does use people of all ages, including those the world considers old and useless, to do his work. Moses was eighty years old when God ca…

1 year, 8 months ago

Speak Less, Listen More

Laryngitis hit me on the exact days we attended a family event. For a chronic talker like me, the effort to withhold my words rivaled my throat pain…

1 year, 8 months ago

Cards and Cookies

My sister, jokingly, accuses me of sending greeting cards to strangers and baking cookies for someone almost every day. Neither is true, of course, …

1 year, 8 months ago

Speak up and Build up

I visited many people in Care Centers for over 40 years. Not infrequently, I heard “corrupting talk” aimed at other residents, the skilled staff, th…

1 year, 8 months ago

Priceless!

My wife and I live in a retirement community. Recently, one of our residents was rushed to the hospital. She was in the ICU for nearly a week, and t…

1 year, 8 months ago

The Wisdom of Aging

As a secretary at three different churches, I’ve come across many older Christians. I’ve noticed something about each of them. They all seem to have…

1 year, 8 months ago

On Purpose. For Purpose.

Visiting a hospital, I noticed this phrase: “On purpose. For purpose.” Two words came to mind — intention and impact — and I wondered, “Do I live wi…

1 year, 8 months ago