The Heart of me

These writings are things that express where I’ve come from and where I’m at.

  • The Dream, the Lie, and the Shepherd

    From Kelekis Restaurant to the freedom of listening-obedience. The Song In Brief When I was sixteen, my future wife and I sat together in Kelekis Restaurant in Winnipeg, dreaming aloud about getting married and having twenty children. I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I didn’t have a career in…

  • The Bridge

    My heart is where God and I meet. I am this child that is taken into his arms! He is the calm in my storm.

  • The Same Voice

    A young lifeguard’s decision to treat little children and enormous weightlifters with equal dignity becomes a lifelong lesson in marriage, parenting, church relationships, and the exercise of loving authority.

  • Leash or a Suitcase

    Call it PTSD but I’ve tried the other way my whole life. I won’t stand between you (trying to leave me) and the door.

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  • People Who Build Bridges

    A reflection on two remarkable people who understand that providing housing is only the beginning. Through patience, trust, and simple introductions, they’re helping isolated people discover something essential: belonging.

  • Hebrews 5:11-14

    All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV That means it is written by people, but God is the source of what is written, through his Holy Spirit. David Guzik…

  • Protected: The Great Hall

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  • Don’t Stain Yourself

    Enter into his rest “When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ‘Blessed be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing.’” 1 Samuel 25:39 Enter Into His Rest I’ve been thinking about David, Abigail, and Nabal, three people caught…

  • a Pastor is born

    When I grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I can go more deeply into that time of my life, but here is a fellow that fits into my discussion today. In high school I led a Bible Study that my older brother John had started, he is born in 1959, and I in 1962. It was…