There are some places/experiences that are hard to imagine without certain people. For example, there was one friendship in the military that defined my stay in the army. I couldn’t imagine serving without him. We deployed to Egypt together and it was a special time. When he left before I did, it was never, ever…
Romans 6:22-23 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. As a child of…
Some Stories are More than Stories… The Voices of Children by Kathy Sabol While I was out walking One fine summer day I passed by a playground With children at play. I found myself stopping. The sight made me smile. I wanted to watch them And listen awhile. How sweet were these children. How young…
I will never forget hearing the click, click, click of those gates closing behind us. We started walking down a long sidewalk with buildings dispersed to the east and west of the sidewalk. Inmates were huddled in groups. In one group three guys, in other seven guys and others in-between. Each group making way for the guard who led…
All too often we don’t know what to do with our pastor? We know that there are expectations of him. Roles he should fulfill in our lives. He should be about preaching, praying and people. Still, it is hard to hold our overseers accountable when we don’t really know what we are suppose to expect from them…
Tomorrow my family goes into the Missouri wilderness for a spiritual retreat. We, and by we I mean I, have some very specific hopes and expectations of our spiritual retreat in the next few days. As I plan for these next few days I have wondered what the purpose of a spiritual retreat is. Mentioning our plans for…
It may be the most innocuous of all arguments within the last two centuries. That is if you forget the argument I had with my brother as a child when he told me to name one thing in life that didn’t have political implications. My answer: lint. It was the one and only argument where…
First, check out Jennifer Senior’s article in the New Yorker here. Second, check out Abby Johnson’s story by Bonnie Pritchett in the Baptist Press here.
Trying to figure out the ideologies warring for your acceptance? It is not too hard on some very basic levels. Read these two articles and consider the presuppositions that are present. Here is one specific question to ask: Is taking any position on the origination of life (be it either Intelligent Design or Evolution) evidence…
Since the signing of the Manhattan Declaration, it has been getting all the buzz in the Christian blogosphere and news outlets. Even Bill O’Reilly makes it the focus of his Talking Points one day last week (Talking Points: 11/24). What is the Manhattan Declaration? It is a Christian manifesto that addresses the moral issues of…