I’ve been reading a few books written from a very different perspective than those I usually read. I needed to get a glimpse of how people who aren’t Christians perceive those of us who are. And I am sobered. Embarrassed. The sting is especially painful because one of my sons is experiencing a strong allergic [...]
I understand that I can not personally do everything, but I often fall into the trap of thinking that if I don’t have the time or energy to do something, then it can’t be done. You see, I’m not great at delegating. Anyone who knows me, knows that I usually want to be involved in [...]
Tomorrow is Pentecost. Can I ask you to pray today and tomorrow morning for God to pour His Spirit on our gathering and to prepare each of us for what He wants to do in our lives? Jesus, our Master and King, encourages us to pray in this way:
“So I say to you: Ask and [...]
A couple days ago one of my friends told me that she was really eager to see where this 24-7 prayer idea would go because she had been admitting to herself that she was having a very hard time praying lately, and didn’t know why or what to do about it. I could identify. I have [...]
I’m so happy to have this way of letting all of you know about what’s happening with our KIDS HOPE USA ministry. And letting you know how God is working through this ministry in ways that are truly His. We are mentoring 15 children at Van Corlaer Elementary School, as many of you may know [...]
Yesterday we talked about what it takes to make disciples. I’m convinced that it takes the sort of nose-to-the-grindstone, go-for-broke inner posture described in this poem by Kent Keith. I felt blessed and challenged by it.
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered – love them anyway!
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives – [...]
Months ago we pulled together a few people to pray, think, and brainstorm about our Alpha Course. One of the issues we were concerned about was the Alpha Weekend. (We’d had to cancel our reservation at the retreat center during our last course, and had lost our deposit money.) We’d noticed particularly that new people [...]
I wonder if Scott Tullock is an example of someone who’s experienced both the things that I pitted against each other in the last blog (”Extreme Makeover”). None of us who were here at BRC on March 1, 2003, will ever forget learning of his horrendous motorcycle accident. He was intubated at the scene because he wasn’t [...]
Did anybody happen to read the two articles in Sunday’s Gazette about tragedies related to ABC’s Extreme Makeover shows? One article begins at the bottom of the front page and continues on A11; the second (even more troubling) article begins on A11. It’s worth pulling your newpaper out of the recycling bag.
In 2005, “Extreme Makeover: Home [...]
1. Seeing Sharon Hughes give her Mother’s Day flowers to the woman sitting next to her in church.
2. Seeing Candy hover over Jane Watson at the Saturday dance and again as she got her settled in the sanctuary Sunday morning.
3. Having drums in worship again.
4. Seeing Pat Haury dance, and I mean DANCE! (Do you think she was perhaps revved [...]
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