A friend I met in Israel, lives in the Hollywood Hills and writes books for living. (Great job if you have the talent for it and Tom Bissell has it.). Anyway, in one of his books, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia, says the Vodka is not a beverage. … More “Vodka is Not a Beverage”
Sunday Evening Musing These are times when we should cry out our laments to God. Times when the heart is so raw because of the evil of this world, the heartache and brokenness of this world that nothing but a mournful, tear-filled shout at God can be both relief and the path to health. The … More The Substitution of Complaint for Lament
Training Ourselves to Not Pay Attention to Things that Matter This is an important, very important, challenge to our social-media-driven culture. We are actually re-programming our brains to not function in the ways that we need them to function to succeed in the world. This is true for children and adults. I hope you will take … More “This is Your Brain on the Internet”
Wednesday is for Thinking Technology is killing your church. Rather, it is killing the soul of your people who are the church. Your people are like mine. They are addicted to technology like crack cocaine. They don’t think they can live without it. They are never far from it and can’t imagine a day without … More Technology is Killing Your Church
Weekend Links I was out of the reach of the Internet and even good cell phone connection for five days making my posts pretty sparse. West Virginia may be “almost heaven” but its mountains are pretty formidable for almost all technology. But it was good to see Steph’s mom and to spend some time with … More Understanding Atonement; Christianity’s Crisis in Parenting; Dealing with Gossip; and much more.
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