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Update: (September 26, 2019) This is post is almost 10 years old but as I read and remembered the day that I wrote it I was reminded that this is the crying need of my heart every day of my life. I hope it will be encouragement to you…
Over Memorial Day back in May, I watched the 1950 movie, “12 O’Clock High” starring Gregory Peck. It was a movie released before I was born but shaped in many ways the generation I grew up in through the TV spin-off by the same name with Robert Lansing reprising the role of Frank Savage and aired … More On the Watching of Old Films
If you ever had ANY doubts about the difference a father makes, read this article by Larry Elder upon the death of his older brother Kirk. When Larry’s older brother Kirk was just 2 years old, his father, then thirty-six, wrote a letter for his son. I don’t know if Kirk received the letter on … More This is not my article
I don’t know who wrote it. I don’t know where it was originally published. But I want to thank my high-school friend, Naval Academy grad, John Gavin for posting this on facebook. All I have done is reformatted it to make it easier to read and added the picture. Not a word has been changed. … More Sometimes History is a Good Teacher
Abounding in Love Back in May, I had the privilege of preaching on Philippians 1:9-11, Paul’s prayer for the Philippians. Paul reveals the content of his prayer whenever he remembers the faithfulness of the Philippians. He starts with . . . “That your love may abound” Having an abounding love for people and for the … More Being Known for an Abounding Love
Another. 5 dead, 21 wounded in Texas. I suspect that the reasons for the epidemic-like uptick in gun violence and school shooting are probably more like 50-100 (or maybe 1000’s) of reasons in nature. Fear is an issue. The greater availablity of guns is an issue. The rise of internet insighment to radical thinking is … More On Guns and Violence and Understanding
That would be us. I am meeting with a group of fellow pastors for the next three days, struggling together to become better pastors and leaders for the cause of Christ. One pastor had a particularly thorny issue that he was embroiled in and was seeking wisdom. One by one, different pastors asked questions, made … More A Generation that Lost a Vision for Prayer
I am working on some garden projects. A hugelkultur mound (German for, “hill garden” or “hill culture”) that I am preparing for planting in the spring. See the pictures on the left and below for stages 1-5. Hugelkultur requires the digging of a trench and filling it with rotting logs, sticks and other organic matter … More Borrowing Stuff as a Ministry
I apologize to those of you seeking to share links to pages on my blog. About two days ago, maybe longer, all “like” and “share” buttons seem to have disappeared from my blog pages and I have not as yet been able to get them restored. Feel free to cut and paste the URL at … More Apologies to Those Seeking to Share
Have you ever heard a question like this? Maybe it is because I am a pastor and I read weird things and have a strange collection of friends, but I hear this kind of question a lot. Sometimes it comes from the earnest seeker but more often, it comes from someone who is antagonistic toward … More Why Should Jesus Save You?
