The False Self & the True Self
** About 10 years ago I discovered the writing of pastor John Piippo from Redeemer Fellowship Church in Monroe, Michigan. A friend told me about his blog, and I started reading it. I was taken […]
Author: Don Follis
Can our hearts still burn within us?
Last Sunday the Gospel reading used by many churches was the story in Luke 24 of the resurrected Jesus meeting two disciples (Cleopas and his partner) on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. (The painting […]
This is not the time for giving up…
As I follow the news of the spreading Corona virus today — along with “everyone” on planet earth — I thought this morning of one of my favorite poems that often gives me comfort when […]
Praying the Apostles’ Creed during Lent brings hope
[This religion column appeared in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette on Sunday, March 8.] Out in the Protestant church in the High Plains of Northwestern Kansas where I was raised, I don’t remember ever hearing the word […]
What is your conflict style?
I am teaching a class on emotionally healthy relationships this winter. Prepping for one of my classes, I remembered an assessment I took about 5 years ago by Jim Van Yperen, a church-conflict specialist. It’s […]
Cause the fruit of your Spirit to keep ripening in my life, Lord
Galatians 5:16-17 in the New Living Translation perfectly describes the struggle we face every single day: 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature […]
Author nails it with — The #MeToo Reckoning (Facing the Church’s Complicity in Sexual Abuse And Misconduct)
After Reading Ruth Everhart’s 2016 “Ruined,” the powerful, painful memoir of her rape at gunpoint when she was a college student, I was touched by her courage to go on with her life. That compelled […]
8 “Secrets” to get you way beyond Valentine’s Day
More than 4 decades of marriage have taught me 8 “secrets” that might just give you a leg up this Valentine’s Day. Of course, you’ll have to do your own hard work, just like I […]
