Marv Plementosh (One Million Tracts) and I, with the help of Nick Rolland, may have just published the ultimate sports gospel tract. The title: VICTORY. This customizable tract can be used at any team sport venue, for any team. How We Got the Idea Grace Fellowship Church of Davenport, IA (soon to be the home of the Miano Family and Cross Encounters Ministries), is an … [Read more...]
Palm Springs Police Department: “Not Again”
"Not Again" I was sitting in my favorite, local Starbucks and trying to finish a wonderful book--Henry Bazely, the Oxford Evangelist: A Memoir. Being easily distracted, I occasionally scrolled through Twitter to see what was going on in the world. And then I saw the first reports. "Not again." I said to myself. Three police officers with the Palm Springs Police Department had … [Read more...]
Sergeant Steve Owen: Law Enforcement Lives Matter
Sergeant Steve Owen Made the Ultimate Sacrifice Sergeant Steve Owen, a 29-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, made the ultimate sacrifice on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. While responding to a "Burglary in Progress" call, Sgt. Owen took a containment position at the rear of the location. According to Sheriff McDonnell: "Sgt. Owen approached the suspect … [Read more...]
Cairns and Caring for Jennifer
Toward the top of the hills that border the south side of my community's Central Park sits a number of man-made rock structures. They are called cairns. This morning the Lord allowed me to use the cairns to begin a gospel conversation with a young woman named Jennifer. What are Cairns? According to Wikipedia, cairns are: "...human-made pile[s] (or stack[s]) of stones. The … [Read more...]
Gospel Tracts: Which is the Best One?
Gospel Tracts are Good Gospel Tools Pastor Jeff Pollard refers to gospel tracts as "paper missionaries." I think that's the best description of gospel tracts I've ever heard. Ray Comfort, a man who has taught me so much about evangelism and living the Christian life, explains some of the benefits of using gospel tracts in evangelism: Tracts can make an opening for us … [Read more...]
Project 10-19
In this article, I will introduce a new evangelistic endeavor. I'm calling it "Project 10-19." What Does "10-19" Mean? "10-19" is a Ten-Code used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (and other law enforcement agencies), which means "return to station." Why Project 10-19 As most of my reader's know, I served for 20 years as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff. … [Read more...]
Gospel Tract Story: Hopelessness in a Casino
Just north of the town of Fort Independence, CA, along US-395, in Inyo County (where the Sheriff's Department recently announced its deputies would only be available from Noon to Midnight each day), sits the Fort Independence Travel Plaza. The plaza consists of a gas station, convenience store, a small diner, and an equally-small casino. The stop provided an unexpected yet … [Read more...]