Yesterday I had my first Sunday without preaching for the year, 2008! This is the latest I have ever worked into a year without having a weekend without having to preach and teach. Sara and I are heading to Pepperdine tomorrow for their annual lectureship and the wonder of being in California on the Pacific [...]
One of my elders had been recommended by the President of Rochester College to read a book by William Young called ‘the Shack’. Afterwards, he loaned it to me. I then read reviews of it by many different ministers all saying what a book it was! Well, it really didn’t disappoint.
I am debating with myself [...]
‘What is your life?’ James, the brother of Jesus asks us to consider! That is a good question isn’t it? Really, what is your life? I don’t know how you would answer that question and frankly, I don’t know how I would answer it but one thing that is coming clearer and clearer to me [...]
Oh man, I have read so many different advice pieces and the like and this puppy still continues to nip and chew and bite everything in her path. It’s getting close to ‘dog stew’ time if you catch my drift.
Man, perseverence is one of the hardest character traits to have. To ’sticktuit’ when it just [...]
Being a caregiver of a caregiver is unique isn’t it? Let me explain–my wife has basically been the sole caregiver for her mom the last year and a bit. This requires not just alot of extra time-but alot of extra thought because of the added burden of responsibility. So, as she has to give care [...]
We have had a good month at our church with Rex Hamilton from Rochester leading our adult discussions on Christian ethics–how we develop our thoughts in moral arenas, how we need to understand where other people are coming from and so on.
That leads into the discussion we are going to have over the next couple [...]
Ahhhhh–for the first time in along time–I slept for over 8 hours last night. Five times in the last 7 days I had between 4 and 4 1/2 hours. I’ll tell you–that is not a good state to be in. For one–there was a stretch of three nights in a row–you find yourself just falling asleep [...]
Much is being made south of the border over a number of things that seem to combine both faith and politics.
One of course is the visit of the pope to the U.S. and it seems that the President is pulling out all the stops to make it a huge success. Then, there is all the [...]
Have you ever been around alot of sickness? I’m sure you have.
Life in our household had gotten pretty influenced by sickness recently–my oldest and youngest daughter were immobilized by a serious flu, then I got it for about 30 hours and now my wife has been sick for the better part of 5 days. Just [...]
So many people use the phrase ‘only God is the judge’ to really be an escape from either being accountable or responsible for their actions. What they really mean is that as far as the church is concerned–life should be lived without borders!
There are a couple of things about this line of thinking–
1) Do they [...]
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