From the first year of the BLOG.New Observations on Intensely Local Ministry Intensely local ministry is an investment and investments take New Observations on Intensely Local Ministry Intensely local ministry is an investment and investments take time to compound and grow. —financial investments take time to grow and so do relat… Source: Missional Musings on … More Missional Musings on Intensely Local Ministry
For all the “broken” people who know the reality of need: “You see,” Dr. Iverson said, “If you are broken, you don’t have to ask to be used. God delights to use broken people. That’s the only way to be filled [with the Spirit] and it’s the only way to become useable.” See this link … More Spirit of the Living God, Break Me in Pieces
Question: How significant in your discipleship process is the teaching that Christ is coming again and that we ought to live today as if Christ might come today, everyday? Source: How We Destroy Spiritual Formation at its Initiation
The world around us is the juice in which we swim. We are, in too many ways, like cucumbers being slowly turned into pickles. That is not to say that we have no defense against the insidious creep of the world. But it is statement about the sobering reality of the battle. Source: Learning from … More Learning from the Bumps on Other Heads
The following historical time-capsule is from Kairos Journal. It is a great reminder that great beginnings do not necessarily end well. Harvard had a great evangelistic thrust for the gospel at its inception but not so much anymore. Whatever the gain for the nation in terms of its present structure, it is a loss for … More How Harvard Shaped the Nation (long ago)
What I’m Thinking about This Evening “It is true that those in the first flush of faith often are given unusual graces of the Spirit, just like a new baby is cuddled and pampered. It is also true that some of the deepest experiences of alienation and separation from God have come to those who … More Sunday Musing
“We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.” Madeleine L’Engle. “O God, give me grace to … More Haunting Quotes Filled with Truth
Originally posted in September of 2010 but still a problem in the church (and in my own life). The reason we aren’t progressing, growing and becoming more like Jesus will shock you. You aren’t growing as a Christian because you don’t need him. “But,” you say, “I do need him. Without Christ, I have no … More You Aren’t Growing as a Christian Because You Don’t Need Him
Today, I met my goal of 1,200 miles on the bike before the first snow. It was a 13-mile ride that put me over the top. I had to wait out the rain and the thunder but the air was still warm and the wind was favorable for an out and back route. As I … More Lessons from the Seat of a Bike
Israel was instructed to circumcise all males as a symbol of their covenant with God. But that’s all it was—a symbol (cf. Lev. 26:41) . It was always designed to point to an internal reality. It was always designed to reflect a heart that delighted in being in covenant with the creator, a heart that … More Circumcision of the Heart
