"We're a bunch of misfits." These were the words of quarterback Fernado Mendoza, after giving “all the glory to God.”  If you’re a sports fan or just following this feel-good story, you know that Mendoza led his team of “misfits” to the National Collegiate Football Championship. A team, mostly comprised of little known and often disrespected players, defeated a team chocked full of highly recruited, elite athletes. The key, most experts agree, was that the less talented indi

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)    Mark Twain is credited with the quote, "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." I’ve been thinking a lot about the latter as one year closes and another begins. I’m one of those guys who often writes out New Year’s Resolutions, as a fun (and nagging) way of goal setting

Congratulations to Dover's Executive Director of Missions Win Davis and his wife Debbie on the birth of their grandson, Julian. As I’m writing this blog, my heart is filled with joy as we celebrate a beloved family’s first-born son. As we draw closer to Christmas, that joy will undoubtedly increase. Travelers from afar bringing precious gifts. A baby boy swaddled from head to toe to keep him warm. Every heart, every eye, every prayer focused on this child. This Christmas, one

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." - Hebrews 10:23-25 (NIV) At your Dover Baptist Association’s Annual Meeting last October, we announced something unprecedented. In a struggling economy with an uncertain fut

"To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up." - Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 (NKJV) As I’m writing this blog, a new season is about to begin. There’s crispness in the air. Faithful followers are getting excited. Inspirational words will be written and rehearsed in hopes that lives will b

"Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance." - Proverbs 1:4 (NIV) Legendary college basketball coach, John Wooden is credited with saying, “If I’m through learning, I’m through.” Wooden, also well respected for his devout Christian faith, was an avid reader of his Bible, which sat on his office desk. After an illustrious career, which included ten national championships, he co-authored a devotional (Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success: B

Have mercy upon me, O God! According to Your loving kindness! According to the multitude of Your tender mercies! Blot out my...

Sabbaticals, Sabbaths and The Power of Rest & Renewal And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the...

"Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said,...

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will...

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him,...