Haven Ministries

Heaven.  Never been, but I’ll go some day.

When Charles Morris told me that he was going to be sharing a dramatic story of a 4 year old who lost consciousness on a surgeons table, only to awake and insist he had been to Heaven…let’s just say I raised an eye-brow.

Then I listened to HAVEN Today broadcasts this week.   I’m glad I listened.  The story doesn’t fit as neatly as I would like into all my theological categories…but I do know something amazing took place in this young boy’s life.  What did ...

They were the favorite novels of my childhood by far.  I think I read them at least 3 times each … and if you forced me to pick a favorite … I would pick The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  Maybe it’s because so much of the story takes place at sea, and I spent long summers as a child on my father’s ship or maybe it was because secretly I wanted to marry Ramundu's daughter (this was long before I met the fetching Amy Chamberlain, now Jacobsen).

I’m excited not just for the premier of the movie ...

I've always wanted to go to Israel ...to walk where Jesus walked.  Maybe even travel around Asia minor- visit Ephesus where Timothy pastored the church.

I don't know if that will ever happen, but I take comfort and delight in the fact that I can read the same words Timothy read, and be ministered to them in much the same way he was.

Not only can I read the same words he read, I can sing the same songs that he may have sung.  The Odes of Solomon. They are the earliest Christian Hymns we've ever found ...

How many people do you know who have given up on church?

"They're all a bunch of hypocrites!"

"They really let me down."

"When I needed the church the most, they were not there for me."

I could tell you story after story of those who claim to still have faith in Christ, but have no faith in His Church. For most of them, there were issues of disagreement, or areas of conflict that seemed insurmountable. They're left with deep wounds and lingering pain.

Jesus said "Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of ...

It seems like yesterday I was recording with Charles Morris (HAVEN Today) and Dick Snook (Missionary Flights International) in the aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti.  The devastation was rampant ... the destruction cataclysmic ... the mobilization of the people of God miraculous.

News cycles have come and gone, Haiti is no longer in the headlines, but the suffering remains and the needs are still great.  That is why Charles Morris is going to Haiti at the end of this week. We kept you up to date during the tragedy and we are certain you and your listeners want to know what ...

Ministry is about people, and ministering to people is about introducing them to a person … the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords - Jesus. What I love most about the ministry of Haven Today is that the focus of the broadcast is always on Christ.  As you’ve heard Charles Morris say “… it’s all about Jesus.” 

There are few things in life that encourage me more than Christian biography (whether written or heard).  We all love to hear stories about what God is and has done. Yet as much as we want listeners to get to know people like ...