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Defensiveness

Defensiveness.What does that word stir in you?About a year ago, my wife and I were talking with a counselor I’d spent some time with when my wife said, "Thank you for giving me back my Bart."  I turned...

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I'm A Grateful Man

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving [gratefulness], let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,...

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Blessed Are The Risk Takers

God calls us into risk.Before I began my time at Ransomed Heart almost 15 years ago, I was toward the end of my 25-year building career as a home builder and developer in southern California. Although...

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What Makes A Fierce Warrior?

Recently, I found myself taking a day to do nothing but watch college football. (I cannot remember ever doing that other than on a New Year’s Day.) The season was in its last two weeks of regular...

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Craig's Love to the End

It's hard to believe he is gone.  I just walked past his office and saw his desk, fixtures, his computer, and his books; everything pretty much as he left it weeks ago.  Craig unexpectedly had to leave...

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No B.S.

We here at Ransomed Heart are still in a season of grieving over Craig’s departure to the Kingdom. The mission goes on and there are things we must do to sustain what God has called us to do as a...

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Our Motives for the Kingdom

Recently I dropped in on a group of men I used to pray with weekly years ago. They are active in a business men’s ministry in Southern California where I came to faith back in the early 1980s. These...

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Defensiveness or Repentance?

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. –Romans 7:15, 18b  I recently traveled to South Dakota to join a group of men in enjoying some of the finest...

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I've Run out of Duct Tape

In the dream workshop my son, Kris, and I built with raw logs one timber at a time, we’ve accumulated a lifetime of gadgets and equipment. We have a lot of really great tools, some for very specific...

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Paul Lavelle: A Hero for the Kingdom

So much of what is cool about Ransomed Heart is the ministry that spins off of what RH does. In the spirit of that, I want to tell a story about Paul Lavelle, who attended a Wild at Heart Boot Camp...

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