Posts by dene

Dear Reconciler Family, What’s so great about Christmas? People from around the world observe Christmas. What’s so great about it? What’s the magnet that pulls people to it? What’s it all about anyway? Isn’t it Just another expensive holiday that forces us to spend money, often on undeserving people who make you feel guilty if…

Dear Reconciler Family, My wife, Jannice and I have a flower garden in our back yard and one on the side of our house. They produce beautiful red, pink, yellow and white roses. I love cultivating, watering and watching them grow. This time of the year they are still growing but will soon be dormant…

Dear Reconciler Family, The topic of this letter is: Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? I have been pondering this question recently after hearing about some of the devastating weather patterns that have wreaked so much havoc. There was the Houston flooding and the Florida flooding by Hurricane Irma in…

Dear Reconciler Family, As I picked up my Los Angeles Times newspaper today, the headline screamed out: CHAOS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE! “Plans for a right-wing rally blow up as white nationalists clashed with anti-racists in Virginia.” It went on to say 3 people were killed and 35 injured on a violence-filled Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, where…

Dear Reconciler Family, Recently, while reading my devotional Our Daily Bread, I was struck by the stats on the size of some of heavenly bodies, noted by writer Sheridan Voysey. I immediately began to feel small, yet gratified. I will share some of the Daily Bread stats with you, in hopes that they will be…

Dear Reconciler Family, As I think about the life of Jesus, one thing that comes to mind is that He was no respecter of persons. He was willing to break through barriers that a lot of people of his ethnic group were not willing to do, reaching out to people of all ethnic groups, including…

Dear Reconciler Family, Every once in a while I run across an article or a statement that pricks my interest so strongly that I want to share it with others. I was given such an article by a good mentor and friend of mine. The article was written by well-known pastor and author Rick Warren.…

Dear Reconciler Family, We all have heard the saying “prayer changes things.” I totally agree with it. The concept hit me even more deeply as I recently celebrated Easter and what Jesus did for us. While pondering the thought that prayer really does change things, I asked my 7-year-old granddaughter what she thought. She said…

Dear Reconciler Family, On the weekend of March 25-26, my wife, Jannice, and I were invited by Pastor David Allen and Pastoral Team Member William Harring to visit their congregation, the Open Hearts Fellowship in South Carolina, where we conducted a seminar on the topic of the Ministry of Reconciliation. Special thanks to congregant Marie…

Dear Reconcilers in Christ, As you know, the Ministry of Reconciliation reaches the spectrum of human interaction. Recently, Pastor Neil Earle and I watched a DVD on some of the challenges that we see in our world. Some of them were related to conflicts between the community and the police. In this delicate subject, we…