The Vernon Journal

There were two voices of worship that uniquely challenged and shaped my views of life and God during my impressionable years. Truthfully there were more than two voices, but I highlight these two men because of their international recognition and the similarities in their lives. The first similarity is that both men lived lives of [...]

Why is it so easy to forget the importance of scripture in my life? Someone once told me that our appetite for the Word of God functions differently from our appetite for food; if we stop eating food our natural hunger grows stronger with each passing day, but if we abstain from partaking of the [...]

An amazing thing happened to me while we were in Bangkok last week. It all started on the final night of the conference at the banquet dubbed “Cultural Night”. Everyone wore the traditional dress of their country; and with over 600 people representing countries from all over Asia it was certainly an amazing sight. We [...]

Every generation asks questions about what the generation before it says about life, the universe and everything. This is true in every culture and subculture. My generation, and specifically the sub-culture of my generation that was raised in the church, is no exception.We asked questions about worship.We asked questions about ritual.We asked questions about hypocrisy [...]

Jim, from missionary-blogs.com gave our little missionary “e-community” an assignment to write a short post on a scripture we love by Valentine’s day. True to form (and to the chagrin of every teacher I ever had, and often my wife) I have put this off until the last possible day. But now, a passage I [...]