Author Archives: Don Follis

We do our best as husbands, fathers, wives, mothers, brothers, sisters, pastors, workers, and  volunteers.  We say God only wants our best.  "Give of your best to master, give of the strength of your youth" was the line of the hymn I sang as a kid.  I don’t doubt the words of that hymn thatContinueContinue reading “O the beautiful Grace of God”

Do you ever talk with people who you know are telling you too much?  You realize, "This is none of my business."Craig Groeschel from the influential LifeChurch.tv gives pastors these thoughts about what they should say from the pulpit.*Everything you say must be true. But everything that is true doesn’t need to be said.*If youContinueContinue reading “What should you say?”

Peter Kreeft puts out new books the way I eat peanut M & Ms … effortlessly.  I just spent 2 hours  reading before i go — letters to Our Children about Really Matters.  It’s 161  short chapters — little gems of wisdom — to his four adult children from one of the finest thinkers inContinueContinue reading “What Really Matters”

If you’ve ever been to this majestic range, you recognize it instantly.  These mountains are the Tetons, and this picture taken in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming shows the Snake River meandering along east of the Tetons.  They are way more breathtaking than this picture depicts!I’ve been to to Grand Teton National ParkContinueContinue reading “God is our rock, the most high our redeemer”

I have returned from a trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, where a  team from the Champaign-Urbana Vineyard Church spent time working with the good folks who help run Vineyard Ministries Central Mexico.In the picture a crew of our folks put a basic roof on a precarious structure that had been been using a tarp as aContinueContinue reading “Mazatlan trip”

Here are two of my favorite sites for my Bible reading and reading… Sacred SpaceThe Daily Office

John Wesley and John Newton listed it among the works that influenced them at their conversion. Protestants and Roman Catholics alike join in giving it praise. The Imitation of Christ by German Augustinian Monk Thomas a Kempis in the early fifteenth century remains a beloved favorite all over the world for more than 500 years.ContinueContinue reading “Always trying to imitate Christ”

Keith Ablow gets it right in his book Living the Truth …Love everyone, but trust those connected to truth. While everyone is worthy of your concern and empathy…only those who have recognized the source of their suffering, examined it, and grown from it are trustworthy. This is because putting down one’s shields, looking in theContinueContinue reading “Discovering who is safe”