Jeff's Musings

Have you ever wondered why the Friday before Easter is called Good Friday? Most of the world knows that it is the day celebrated by Christians around the world as the day as Jesus was crucified. From what I can tell I’ve read that the word good used to have a secondary   meaning of […]...

This morning a federal judge refused to order Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube re-inserted, thus continuing her death by starvation. As I wrote about this topic several weeks ago, I basically equated what is happening with Terri as euthanasia.  What is happening at this very moment is that Te...

Have you noticed that common sense is not so common. It is actually a challenge to find people who have good old common sense. A lot of smart people are not too wise. They may be educated but they don’t have wisdom. They may have all kinds of degrees but they’re a wash out with […]...

Many people around the world have read Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life. As a matter of fact, it has been on the New York Times hardcover best seller list for over one hundred weeks in a row! The unbelievable thing about this book is that Warren is committed to given away 90% of his [&hel...

Luke16Jesus pulls back the curtain to help us catch a glimpse of life on the other side of death. This story is unique to the Gospel of Luke and is the only one to name any of its characters. Some commentators believe that this is not a true parable but rather a specific story much […]...

A little girl was standing outside her Sunday School classroom when the pastor noticed she was holding a big storybook entitled, “Jonah and the Whale.” The pastor wanted to have some fun with her so he asked her, “Do you really believe that Jonah was swallowed by a whale?” The little girl fr...

It is not in our nature to give up control or to submit. It reminds me of a story I once heard: The captain of the ship looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. Immediately he told his signalman to send a message: “Alter your course 10 degrees south.” Promptly […]...

Over the next two weekends I will be performing weddings in Tennessee and Ohio. In Tennessee I will be officiating at my aunts wedding as she marries a sweetheart from years ago who was in the service with my Dad. In Ohio, I will be performing the service for a young man who was in […]...

  Last week I was notified that the church I pastor,Lake Ridge Church in Willoughby, OH., had been selected to receive a ChurchHealth Award from Purpose Driven Ministries. Purpose Driven is a ministry founded by Pastor Rick Warren and Saddleback Church inLake Forest, CA. Lake Ridge was a pilot ...

Sorry for the lack of posts the past two days.  I have been suffering from a new disease I made up, Post Snow Depression Syndrome. Yeah, right!  Truthfully, I am getting sick of snow. We have 1-2 foot drifts in our yard in certain places.  Enough of that. Is it narrow minded to think ...