Developing a Mission Statement for Your Life(adapted from the Seven Habits Organizer) One of the most powerful methods of cultivating a passionate vision and mission for your life is to create and live by a mission statement that can become a personal creed for your life. Oftentimes, it is the puniness of our affections and … More Developing A Personal Mission Statement
Today, a foggy Sunday morning, is a good reading day. It reminds me of another good reading day a couple of years ago. Two books, besides my Bible, were on my docket: a novel, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy (my third or fourth read through), and What Jesus Demands from the World, by John Piper. Below are … More Love Idols that Destroy Love
No doubt, this confession comes as a shock to many of my readers, friends, and family members. Unfortunately, it is both true and embarrassing. But there is no going forward without a confession and owning up to the fact that my addiction is limiting my effectiveness and my experience of the love of God, and … More Confession: I am an Addict
In college, one of the churches I attended was a medium-sized Baptist church with a large college ministry led by a rocket scientist. Literally, Dr. Bob Langel was a rocket scientist regularly putting up rocket experiments into space through the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center outside of Greenbelt, Maryland. Inside the church, as I remember, … More How They Prayed for Missions
Renate and Eberhard Bethge It was May 24th, 1944, less than a year before the end of the Second World War in Europe. The war in the Pacific would drone on for three more months after that. But in May 1944, the Allies were bombing Germany relentlessly, seeking to bring the war to the quickest … More “. . . a kingdom stronger than war and danger, a kingdom of power and authority.”
You have heard the phrase, “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.” It comes from the Declaration of Independence. It was the pledge the signers of the Declaration made to one another and the nascent nation. They knew that their signatures at the bottom of the document would cost them their fortunes, probably any … More The Most Valuable GIft
I’m a big Philadelphia Eagles fan. Have been all my life. But this particular iteration of the Eagles is one of my favorites of all time. The owner wants to win. The front office is smart and savvy. The roster is among the most talented in the NFL. The players are highly skilled with a … More Pastor, You Need a Coach
I have a lot of friends, pastors and non-pastors alike, believers and unbelievers too, who are going through deep valleys of pain, illness, loss, sorrows, and betrayals right now. No one is immune to these things. Life, since the fall and until Jesus returns, has always meant that all these things will visit our lives … More Thinking about Sorrow
Imagine this as your history, the narrative of your life. You are young and inexperienced, the runt of the litter so to speak. When you are the youngest of 8 brothers you either become resilient or a coward. David became resilient. He would need it. His gifts and faith brought him to a place of … More Psalm 59: When an Enemy Pursues You
Sunday Evening Musings A desperate woman. Jesus walked 50 miles one way (so, 100 miles total) to talk to one desperate woman. His disciples in tow, all twelve of them, men designated as apostles, arrive in a surly mood. Maybe it was because they were tired. Maybe it was because Jesus had taken them into … More Jesus Walked 50 Miles to Talk to One Woman
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