Sigh! Tomorrow, I will begin the long trek back from Mbeya to Dar es Salaam, to Amsterdam, to Detroit, to Charlotte, NC and finally to my lovely wife in South Carolina. My teaching time in Tanzania has come to an end. Today, I preached the morning worship service in a local congregation here in Mbeya. … More Last Report from Africa
Six principles to spend a lifetime thinking about Mention the word discipleship in the average church, and the mind will rush to thoughts of deepening—deepening believers in the grace and knowledge of Christ. Great goal. Great thought. Pretty soon, the conversation will move to questions of how to do it and what to use to … More Building Men Like Jesus
I’m boxing up my books for yet another geographical move. And, as a book addict, I can’t help rereading them as I do. I have wept over old journals, been encouraged by old books, decided to give away over 200, and trashed about 100. That sounds like a lot, until I tell you that I … More A Lesson in Savoring Jesus
Sunday Evening Musings After Ken Frech, the man who led me to Christ, one of my first mentors was Dr. Bob Langel, a literal rocket scientist at Goddard Space Center outside Washington, D.C. Bob, was the College and Career leader at the church I attended in my first two years as a Christian. His favorite … More The Farmer and the Professor
What does it mean to do justice? Answer: More than any of us know, and certainly more than I will be able to tackle in a brief blog post. But I do want to spend a little time discussing what is perhaps an often misunderstood and neglected part of “doing justice,” specifically, how we speak … More What Does It Mean to Do Justice?
Sunday Afternoon Musings As every news cycle demonstrates, we are living in an increasingly violent and merciless culture. This morning on the drive to church, we heard the news report of a local 15 year-old, arrested for murder. It wasn’t the first time that the news reported an under-aged murder. In fact, remembering some other … More A Christian is a Sign to the Culture
Nine years ago, I asked Coleman Luck, the writer and producer of the original, The Equalizer TV program that aired on CBS in the late 1980’s. I loved that show and years later found out that Coleman, its writer, was a believer in Christ. I wrote about the show a couple of times over the … More Hollywood Producer Weighs in on Reimagining Children’s Ministry for the 21st Century
I am working on updating my book, Settlers or Sojourners? for a 20th Anniversary Edition. It is an opportunity to to make a few grammatical corrections as well as update some of the language and illustrations. But it also gives me the chance to expand the work and I have decided to buttress the biblical … More Christianity Hated by the World is a Glory
I was sitting in Panera with a young man, a plumber by trade, married with no children, who is also a new believer in Christ. He is so in love with Jesus and eager to grow that every meeting with him encourages my soul. He is raw, sometimes it sounds out in his language, but … More She was in her 80’s when she approach me . . .
No one is asking me, but I have thought about this a lot. I wish I knew these things before I entered seminary far back in the early portals of time. I did manage two of them before I went to seminary but not on purpose. I had no intention of going to seminary when … More How to Prepare for Seminary
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