This may be difficult, but I'm going to attempt it nonetheless.The question is: What are the top Penn-Del stories of the year?Here's my nomination: Gerry Stoltzfoos appears nationally on the ABC News show, Nightline, to allow scientists to substantiate that speaking in tongues is...

If you haven't already been there and done that, you may want to visit the FutureAG blog and be part of the discussion surrounding Jeff Leake's post about my own blog post (it's like chasing a rabbit in cyberspace:)). It's a very important subject,...

Okay, I couldn't wait for April 1.Here is a site that allows you to make your own church sign. You can then cut-and-paste it to send to anyone.Enjoy! Be creative! Be nice!...

I recently read Andy Stanely's new book, Making Vision Stick. It will take you roughly 30 minutes to read but a lifetime to master.The basic premise of the albeit brief book is that leadership is responsible to clearly communicate the vision of the organization with...

Throughout the years I’ve been enamored by the similarities I’ve seen between coaching a football team and pastoring a church. I don’t know how many times, while watching an NFL Films documentary of some historic gridiron battle, that the coach’s passion, instruction or frustration matched...

Changing BulbsIt seemed like a radical idea. Last week we decided to transition all of the incandescent light bulbs in our home to the new earth-friendly CFL bulbs. I am not under the delusion that this will somehow "save the planet", but they last ten...

There are two things that I work very hard to get right as I prepare a message:#1 -- Understand and interpret the Bible. There is such power in God's Word. My style of preaching is not so much Expository (meaning...

He doesn't sing like Take 6 (to my knowledge), but Dr. George Wood will be our special guest the weekend of January 13 at State College Assembly of God.Saturday evening, January 12, State College Assembly will be hosting a free dinner for any A/G credential...

This year Pocono Community Church hosts its annual Christmas outreach concert with Grammy Award winning artists Take 6. The concert promises to be the best ever Pocono Christmas.I've got 25 FREE TICKETS for the first 25 people that email me after reading the blog. Just...

This past weekend I shared a stewardship message. As a part of the message, we showed a video testimony from Gerry Stolsfoos. What a great illustration of sowing and reaping!Gerry was out at Allison Park for our Annual Roundtable in June. We...