When people with authority speak, their words carry a lot of weight. An insult or a slight can crush. A discouragement can stop a growing ministry in its tracks. A baseless criticism can wound a tender soul. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christianity
Jesus, The Great Teacher
Teaching is difficult. But Jesus embraced it. [Click title to read more.]
Book Review: Timothy Keller’s Jesus The King
This is a review of Timothy Keller's Jesus The King. [Click title to read more.]
We Just Don’t Know
So much of the Bible emphasizes listening, avoiding careless or hasty speech, and being considerate of others. And so much of that is because we don't know the hidden depths of each human we meet, nor can we understand their hopes and fears and dreams and struggles. [Click title to read more.]
I Have A New Book Available For Kindle And In Paperback!
I've written a new book called Calming The Seas: A Prayer Book For Today When You're Anxious About Tomorrow. Here's some information! [Click title to read more.]
We Can’t Argue People Into Becoming Christians
Sometimes sharing Christ means leaving space for God to work. [Click title to read more.]
Inter-generational Ministry And Fellowship Are Treasures
It's so easy and natural to segregate ourselves in modern churches. But inter-generational work and worship is important. [Click title to read more.]
Spiritual Reflection Needs To Be More Than “What Am I Doing Wrong?”
It's hard to figure out how your faith walk is going if you never look at it, and yet we're often tempted to treat that sort of introspection the same way we treat food that is healthy but that we don't really want to eat: we put it on the back shelf of the fridge until it molds, and we pretend it isn't there. [Click title to read more.]
How To Handle The Easter Aftermath
It's true that people need a rest after the emotional intensity of Easter. But it's also true that "rest" shouldn't mean "take a vacation from God until fall." [Click title to read more.]
The Other Side of The Sacrifice
Physical torture and degradation is awful enough. But so much of the sacrifice that happened at the cross was unseen, a spiritual wound vast enough and deep enough and horrible enough to redeem the whole world. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 