A few weeks ago I had a conversation with my friend Morey about “Loving Your Neighbor”. We both felt that it was our intent to do exactly that in our lives today. While we wanted to be loving each day, we both lived a rather sheltered existence. By that we meant that in our day … More Love Your Neighbor

When I first started working as a chaplain at Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles I always worked one day on a weekend. When I was working on Saturday or Sunday I took the whole family to the mission with me. My wife Jerelyn and my four daughters spent the day in the missions great … More The L. A. Car Pool Lane

My second daughter Jill and my youngest daughter JoAnna were really good athletes. We used to play basketball on our driveway when they were young teenagers so I knew they were very athletic. I had their futures all planned. Jill, JoAnna and my oldest daughter Gina would play sports so I could go to their … More My Cheerleaders

My mom was a very serious problem to me. My former wife’s mom was also big time trouble in my life. One time when I was falling into a severe suicidal depression I went to my mom to ask her to pray for me.. I finally got her to pray. When she prayed she said … More A Good and Helpful Insight

My dad committed suicide with my gun when I was fifteen. That was a vicious, cruel thing for him to do. At that point in my life I was way to young to understand his death was not my fault because it was my weapon that he used. Years ago a professor at UCLA wrote … More Learning Of God’s love