I spent several commutes this last week letting Siri read this new bible study to me – and what a treat! The Mission-Centered Life is written by Bethany Ferguson who spent 15 years in some of the difficult parts of Africa. Many of us what to make a difference in our lives – without going […]
“Walking into the room, I surveyed the landscape and looked down, wanting to avoid eye contact. Perhaps it was to avoid being known. If the eyes are a mirror to the soul, maybe someone would look into them and say that I was not enough. These people did not know me. It was the DMV, […]
Not all of us are actually alive. Sometimes, without realizing it, we stop living. We are busy – life keeps coming. We meet the needs in front of us. To those around us, we are a resource – so they might not notice that we’ve stopped living. Cereal still shows up on the table, the […]
There are storms of life that prevent future hurricanes. Are you riding the storms of life well?
God loves people. Not just people as a group, but each individual...and so should we. No two people are alike. When we see people as simply a part of their larger people group, we fail to see them as Jesus does. More than that, I think we de-humanize them and see them as a concept instead of as an individual.
I did it. I went to the dark side. After a decade or so of Android, I switched to iPhone. It turns out that the switch wasn’t hard, but it appears that I have added another platform to connect with people on. I noticed several years ago that everyone seems to have their preferred platform […]
You know the person. Within minutes of conversation it is obvious that they don’t like you and probably reject everything you stand for. Sometimes this person becomes an enemy, and sometimes a friend. However, there is a part of each of us that looks to connect with others who hold our same values and social […]
I haven’t blogged in a long time. We all have habits that for some unknown reason we dropped. The question is, how to begin again. When I started to write this, the phrase “break the ice” rose up and demanded an investigation. It turns out that “break the ice” usually means “Breaking down a social […]
Today I was convicted that sometimes I (okay, often) doubt God. I don’t mean to doubt Him – after all, I still think He is God, and He is in charge of the Universe – yet in the daily stuff of life, I forget just how almighty, powerful and good God is. Maybe you can […]
Today I ran across to seemly opposite comments. First, Tim Keller: “When I talk to my Hindu, Muslim or atheist neighbors I have every reason to believe that they could be better people than me.” Scott McKnight in “A Community Called Atonement” says “We need to think of the big picture: Are Christians—taken as a whole—more […]