The Journey Into and Out of Sorrow I find myself sighing. A lot. There are triggers that I don’t completely understand. Driving, and the conversation will be in a lull and I will sigh. The color of a rock—a sigh. A childhood memory—a sigh—a song on a classic rock radio station, the name of my … More The Journey into and out of Sorrow
I will be largely off the internet for the next 5 days as our family comes from the four points of the compass to celebrate the life of my sister Mary. Please keep all of us in prayer as we travel and Mary’s family for their comfort during our time of grief. For the regular … More Last Post till Next Monday
Death Visited Us Yesterday, But Life Won Life came to the Schoenleber family via the death of my sister yesterday. We are grieving joyous tears. Just two weeks ago, three of Mary’s five brothers and her younger sister were able to visit her in her home in Pennsylvania. That’s Heather, the youngest, on the left, … More The Schoenleber Family Update
The paragraphs below are the opening lines of John Piper’s mini-biography on Charles H. Spurgeon. From nearly 40 years of pastoral ministry, from the work I do with pastors since I left full-time pastoral ministry, I am convinced that these descriptions and observations are spot on. At the end of this post I want to … More Haunting Words for Pastors and the Rest of Us
It is an overstatement of course, but it is a question that is only asked by Christians. No one else is in the culture is interested in walking with God. They are interested in making a living, getting ahead, rooting for their favorite teams, having sex, drinking beer, collecting hobbies, piddling around in their gardens … More What Does it Mean to Walk with God?
Negotiating Life in a Faithless Culture Ours is a faithless age and we live in a faithless culture. All of this is compounded by the fact that there are no rural areas in America. There are urban, suburban, and “rurban” communities. Truly rural communities are disappearing if not altogether gone. Transportation started the process. Radio … More Negotiating Life in Faithless Culture
I am in that season of life when stamina is not what it once was. Strength is less than it once was. Muscle tone is a daily battle that, if not fought and won, daily, is lost easily with further diminishment of strength and stamina. So I am learning to live life in short bursts, … More Life in Short Bursts
I was having a conversation with two “deconstructed Christians.” Almost everything they had formerly confessed to believe on the great issues of human history (life, death, the afterlife, God, Christ, Christianity, purpose, meaning) they look on as unscientific or unhistorical, and therefore disrespect and disdain it now. On the flip side, almost everything that they … More “I Don’t Trust Big Things”
Read Psalm 35 The ESV editors provide a very simple title/description of this psalm, “Great is the Lord.” Unfortunately, the title might work for a dozen other psalms. So I read it again and I began to take notes to better understand the central themes of the psalm. (There are no better interpretive tools then … More (Psalm 35) The Poor Mean Little to the Rich
I have two objectives with this post. To be biblical To not be overly complicated. What are the best descriptors of someone who walks with God? It would be hard to do better than the description of Job given three times in the early chapters of the book of Job. Let’s try them on. “There … More Four Descriptors of the Man or Woman of God
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