

An Amache Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a “civil” holiday. Thanksgiving Day has its roots in the survival of early European settlers in a new land. George Washington declared the first national Thanksgiving in 1789 after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Sara Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb fought for 36 years from 1827 to 1863 to establish Thanksgiving as an annual national holiday. Finally, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, declared Thanksgiv


A Bountiful Harvest
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ. Col. 4:2-3 (ESV) First things first, the harvest... are you experiencing the harvest of good in your life? Harvest time can take place throughout the Summer, yet much of our Summer’s work is realized in the Fall harvest. Many of you know that I like to garden, to get my hands dirty. Did


It’s Personal
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV) Has the Church done her job? How we answer depends on how we measure success. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with roughly 2.3 billion followers worldwide. We collectively support a number


The Angel in the Stone and The Leadership Crisis in Our World….
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” –Matthew 16:17-19 (NIV) In talking with my colleagues in leader