A Biblical View of Ambition I built this shop out of busted knuckles, sunrise and a second chance, Dust on my boots, grit in my lungs, calluses like callin’ cards. Now a black truck rolls up all shiny, with a handshake and a smile, Says, “Boy, we love what you’re doin’… we just want itContinue reading “Between Two Caskets”
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The Happiness Report
It’s that time of year again, when the World Happiness Report releases its findings on the happiest countries on the planet. From 2023 to 2024, the United States plunged from 15th to 23rd, hitting an all-time low in average happiness ranking. When two time periods are viewed side by side – 2006 to 2010 andContinue reading “The Happiness Report”
Questions for Your Teen
You are a teenager: that means you are in one of the most exciting and most important times of your life! I want to alert you to seven questions you will face that will influence the shape and direction of the rest of your life. 1. What will be the meaning and purpose of yourContinue reading “Questions for Your Teen”
Why You Do What You Do
One of my favorite questions for times of small talk is “Why do you do what you do instead of doing something else?” Or sometimes a variation: “Why do you love what you do?” I ask this when I’m in the barber’s chair, on the x-ray table, or trying to articulate words as the dentistContinue reading “Why You Do What You Do”
Unanimity…
Unanimity… Unimpaired unanimity is indispensable for anything the community of faith undertakes, building or whatever it may be. This unanimity is only possible because of our faith that God uses his Spirit to say the same to each individual. Mutual persuasion does not do it. God does it, speaking to us through the Holy Spirit.Continue reading “Unanimity…”
United and Strong
United and Strong Let us be united and strong, for the task given us by Jesus is not too great for us. It is not beyond our strength to carry it through. We may make mistakes. Without knowing it, we may do things that deserve the hand of discipline. But God is merciful. He has madeContinue reading “United and Strong”
We Must Be Stewards
We Must Be Stewards We must be stewards– not a lazy servant who simply waits, but a diligent steward. There is much to be done. All around you there are lives entrusted to your care, people with whom you have been led together. They are perhaps still very worldly: your own… View Post
This is a time
This is a time when the whole world is in extreme danger. It is urgent therefore that we decide to accept the gift God offers us: life in the communal church, a life of unity. View Post
Woe to Us
Woe to us, therefore, if we start to judge, if we condemn, if we abandon all hope for this world for which Jesus Christ has come, for which he suffered and died, for which he rose again, and for which he will truly come again. View Post
Now the Servant’s Task
Now the servant’s task does not consist in merely waiting and doing nothing. Rather it is a matter of practicing stewardship. Good stewardship means looking after the servants, that is, those who are in our care. And if only our hearts and minds were big… View Post