For me, there are few times in life that I don't feel tension, especially when I read the word and pray in the morning. Really... Did that get your attention? :)When I read the Bible and pray, I listen; I ask God what he and I are doing today; I listen some more; I write myContinue reading "The tension I feel when holding God’s Word in one hand & the daily newspaper in the other"
If you really do forgive someone
If you forgive someone -- That is, if you really let them go, then ...1. You can't always be dwelling on the incident.2. You can't bring up the incident again and again, using it against the person you said you forgave.3. You can't be talking to others about the incident -- behind the person's backContinue reading "If you really do forgive someone"
God gives us gifts, even while we sleep…
One of my favorite bloggers ... Heather Kopp ... shared this the other day. I loved it:“It is but lost labour that we haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of anxiety. For those beloved of God are given gifts even while they sleep.”Worry wart that I am, IContinue reading "God gives us gifts, even while we sleep…"
It”s okay to make a mistake…
One of my favorite guys is Jeremy Statton. He's an orthopedic surgeon with 6 children, two of whom he and his wife recently adopted from China. And now they are thinking and praying about adopting two more children from Ethiopia. He's one of the brothers in Christ that I pray for regularly... Here he is todayContinue reading "It”s okay to make a mistake…"
Do you want to know the answer to conflict?
When a newspaper posed the question, ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ the Catholic thinker G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: Dear Sirs:I am.Sincerely Yours,G. K. Chesterton.Frankly, that is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.Similarly, the answer to conflict, and we all have it, is the same: Continue reading "Do you want to know the answer to conflict?"
Real men … do cry.
I grew up out in the high plains near the Colorado border. That's out where real men don't cry and everyone is "just fine." If a little boy did cry, he might hear, "You dry those tears up, buddy, or I'll give you something to cry about."So, you didn't cry! I grew up with well-meaningContinue reading "Real men … do cry."
What happens after death?
Shot on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia...
Why so few pastors pray
My friend Pastor John Piippo blogs today saying,I estimate that 80% of North American pastors and Christian leaders do not have a significant prayer life. By this I mean that they do not take time to actually pray. By "taking time" I mean more than saying a blessing over dinner, or multi-task "praying." By "significant" IContinue reading "Why so few pastors pray"
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