A Prayer for Christ-followers
July 19, 2020
Sunday Afternoon Musings A prayer for everyday of the rest of our lives.
Keeping the First Commandment – How to Build a World
July 19, 2020
Sunday Afternoon Musing “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 “If we kept that commandment all the other commandments would be obeyed. If we secure this queenbee we are given the swarm. To put nothing ‘before’ God! What is left in the circle of obedience? God first, always and everywhere. Nothing … More Keeping the First Commandment – How to Build a World
What Do You Do When Your Neighbor Says He is Probably Going to Hell?
July 17, 2020
Being in tune with the moment is often very ordinary. But the rewards to waiting in expectation that God “is going to do something” are extraordinary. via What Do You Do When Your Neighbor Says He is Probably Going to Hell?
Your Heart has a Voice (that you cannot trust)
July 15, 2020
Read Psalm 36 Part of the Poetry ProjectAn attempt to write a “poetic reflection” on each of the psalms in the Psalter.Don’t think of these as high art, (that won’t be hard);but as one man’s attempt to be honest with the spirit contained in the psalm. Your Heart Has a Voice Your heart has a … More Your Heart has a Voice (that you cannot trust)
How to Start Church
July 9, 2020
On Tuesday I was involved in some on-line mentor training led by Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI). All of the presenters were friends of mine and they did a fantastic job of sharpening our focus on how to mentor the church planters with whom we are working. And like any good mentor, each of them … More How to Start Church
Blowing Up Buddha
July 6, 2020
Almost twenty years ago, a band of fundamentalist, doctrinaire terrorists called the Taliban, decided that their vision of a better world could not be attained without the destruction of 6th century artistic expressions of Buddha’s carved out of sandstone cliffs in Afghanistan. I remember how apalled I and most of the world was at the … More Blowing Up Buddha
Quotes from a Weekend of Reading
July 6, 2020
The Importance of Teamwork “A zoologist once informed me that a tiger will defeat a lion in a battle; but five lions will defeat five tigers because the lions fight together and the tigers do not, so the five lions take on one tiger at a time.” (The Celtic Way of Evangelism, 18.) Did … More Quotes from a Weekend of Reading
Sunday Musings on Wokeness
June 28, 2020
Sunday Musings Being “woke” is the latest virtue signaling wave at the moment. But racism is just a symptom of corruption. Injustice is just a symptom of corruption. Abuse of power is just a symptom of a much larger problem that no external change of circumstances will ever effect in a lasting way. The problem … More Sunday Musings on Wokeness
Day 7, Saturday — Waiting, Watching, in Wonder
June 27, 2020
Read Psalm 90 and 130 There is joy after tears when tears are humble. May all your tears flow from a humble heart. A Morning Prayer of Lament Taking Psalm 90 Personally 6205 days left. Six thousand two hundred days left. Six-thousand-two-hundred-days left. I can’t stretch them. Only You know if they or more are … More Day 7, Saturday — Waiting, Watching, in Wonder
Friday, Day 6, A Lament from a Spiritual Desert
June 26, 2020
Sometimes, God has to use a 2×4 to get our attention. Read Psalm 80 and 102 Psalm 102 is a personal lament prayer of one who is afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. It captures some of the emotion that many of us are feeling during this time … More Friday, Day 6, A Lament from a Spiritual Desert
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