Smile a lot … Others need it!Abandonment, said Mother Teresa, is an awful poverty. There are poor people everywhere. But the deepest poverty is not being loved.My good pastor friend Gary Grogan from Stone Creek Church in Urbana, IL, has a habit of telling me, “Love you brother,” especially when he says good-bye. He hugsContinueContinue reading “One way to spread the love”
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You do know, I hope, that God loves you and created you just the way you are… Really!
I talk with lots of people, especially pastors, who feel like they just don’t measure up. They feel inadequate and like they have little to offer. I often turn to Psalm 139, especially the first 6 verses.Psalm 139 New International Version (NIV)1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.2 You know when I sit and whenContinueContinue reading “You do know, I hope, that God loves you and created you just the way you are… Really!”
Let your Yes be Yes. Period…
When talking with people, especially if you are in a position of leadership, here are 4 bedrock principles worth following ….1. Don’t overstate things or exaggerateYou want to lose your credibility with people, exaggerate. When you say things do you find yourself saying, “True story. Cross my heart.” When you start saying phrases like that,ContinueContinue reading “Let your Yes be Yes. Period…”
Ask questions that begin with WHAT
The better your question the deeper you’ll go!Read through the gospels and you’ll discover that Jesus asked lots of questions. I think he does this, in part, because he wants people to be real with him and to take responsibility for their own lives. One of my favorite of Jesus’ questions is in John chapterContinueContinue reading “Ask questions that begin with WHAT”
Now that, my friends, is a gift!
Almost 10 years ago up at Fairview Medical Center in Minneapolis, my youngest brother David gave my younger brother Bob, whose kidneys were failing, one of his kidneys. How’s that for sharing!!The antigens in their blood types made them a terrific match and indeed, both brothers are doing very well. Both working, exercising, feeling wellContinueContinue reading “Now that, my friends, is a gift!”
A missionary kid leaves the faith and then doubts her way back to faith
Today I read Faith and Other Flat Tires by Andrea Palpant Dilley. Dilley grew up the daughter of Quaker missionaries in Kenya and then spent her college years at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington.After studying at Whitworth Dilley left the church and went searching in the company of men and booze. She pushed the boundariesContinueContinue reading “A missionary kid leaves the faith and then doubts her way back to faith”
Remember the operable phrase: “As far as it depends on you!”
When dealing with difficult people, have you ever recognized your limits? Of course you have if you have children, or if you work with people or go to church with people. Some people, for whatever reason, will not admit that you are right, and they will not live at peace with you. Sounds like theyContinueContinue reading “Remember the operable phrase: “As far as it depends on you!””
Three of the “must ponder during Lent” verses
1 Timothy 1:15-17New International Version (NIV)15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an exampleContinueContinue reading “Three of the “must ponder during Lent” verses”
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