ARE MY MOTIVES UPRIGHT, TRUE AND HUMBLE? It usually happens when everything looks totally fine on the outside. You’re saying the right thing, offering a helping hand, or stepping up to serve where there’s a need. On paper, it’s a good deed. But then, in the quiet moments before you fall asleep, that little voice…
Author: Pastor Vic
I created this space as a welcoming home for candid life discussions, faith, and purposeful community. My journey has been anything but conventional—from navigating childhood moves to Europe, spending 40 years in the printing industry, and living across two vastly different worlds in Zimbabwe and the United States, God has spent decades quietly forming my heart before officially calling me into pastoral ministry. Recently ordained and commissioned as a pastor, I write from a place of real, lived experience, openly sharing the highs of deep faith alongside the raw seasons of depression, doubt, and navigating life's unexpected detours. Since establishing this journal back in 2005, my mission remains simple: to listen without judgment, share honest testimonies, and encourage you to slow down, press pause, and discover how to shine brightly for Jesus in our everyday lives.
Answering the Difficult Questions Series (5 of 10)
WHY AM I CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME? It hits you at the strangest times. It doesn’t usually happen when you’re standing on a stage or leading a meeting. It comes when you’re walking down the supermarket aisle. It creeps in while you’re composing a simple email, deleting and rewriting the same sentence…
Answering the Difficult Questions Series (4 of 10)
AM I SERVING THE LORD OR LOOKING FOR MAN’S RECOGNITION? I’ll be completely honest with you: this week, I’ve been wrestling. It usually starts quietly. Someone stops me after service to say they liked the sermon. Or I get a text message out of the blue thanking me for a piece of advice. In our…
Answering the Difficult Question Series (3 of 10)
WHAT HAS GOD CALLED ME TO DO? There’s a weight to this question that catches you off guard. It doesn’t come during worship songs or altar calls. It comes in the supermarket checkout line. While washing dishes. At 3 a.m. when sleep has abandoned you and there’s nothing left to do but think. What has…
Answering the Difficult Questions Series (2 of 10)
AM I DOING WHAT GOD CALLED ME TO DO? There is a question that doesn’t shout. It waits. It waits until the house is quiet. Until the sermon is preached and the chairs are stacked and the lights are off. Until you’ve done the faithful thing for the hundredth time and nobody noticed. Then it…
Answering the Difficult Question Series (1 of 10)
WHAT IS TROUBLING ME NOW MORE THAN USUAL? A Reflection from the Jubber Journal There are seasons when trouble feels familiar, like old friends who visit too often. Then there are seasons when something shifts — and the weight settles differently. More heavily. More persistently. I won’t pretend otherwise: something is troubling me now more…
Inaugural Sermon 10.4.2026
I can hardly remember the last time I actually stood in front of a gathering to preach. This past Sunday I had the honor of sharing with our local church on Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 In my own ability I know I am not worthy, and so it was very humbling and I am ever grateful for…
Finding Hope in Discouragement: A Christian’s Guide
Have you ever started your day and right out the gate you just have this overwhelming sense of discouragement? Yes, even Christians get to deal with being discouraged! It can take a comment out of left field, or a frowned response to something you say, or an email that bends your ear. Discouragement is something…
Faith that is THIS big will accomplish much!
I have been wondering lately what it means to have faith in Jesus, and as I read this verse it encourages me to know that every believer, in essence at least has faith the size of a mustard seed. Below is a short insightful study to encourage application when we face situations that require faith…
How to shine for Jesus
Daniel 12:3 says “But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.” This verse put the spotlight on how we can shine for Jesus, even when we don’t feel like it, which in this current day is no…