Dear Friends, Earlier this week I was at a local coffee shop working on a sermon, and about halfway through my first cup of coffee a young guy sat down next to me, pulled out his laptop, and started typing away. A few minutes later, he got a call on his cell phone. He answered, said a few words (loudly enough for those of us around him to hear), then said, “Ok, I'm in the middle of something here, gotta run, talk to you later”, and hung up. A few minutes later, he got another

Dear Friends, Yesterday I had a conversation with someone from our church who is getting evicted from her home. This woman has made several bad choices over the past year, and the result is that she’s now suffering the consequences - one of which is losing her home. It was a difficult conversation to have because my friend is unwilling to admit that she’s done anything wrong.  Instead, her comments were all focused on either how unfair the circumstances are, or on the fact th