“Open your mouth only if you are going to say something more beautiful than silence.”
Category: Blog
Our Culture’s Unfortunate Perspective on “Disabilities”
My wife and I met a woman and her disabled one-year old son this past weekend. He was born without eyes, his ear canals were incomplete, he had a cleft through his lip and into his palate, and perhaps a variety of other disabilities. At only one year old, he has already had numerous surgeries, and many more perhaps are on the horizon. We obviously felt compassion for this little boy, as well as for his mother, but we started to wonder what might God do with such a boy? … Our Culture’s Unfortunate Perspective on “Disabilities”
Babies Are Being Slaughtered – Here’s Your Chance to DO Something
Please take the time to read this until the end – some of these details are graphic, but this is not the time to cover our eyes and stick our heads in the sand, but rather this is the time to face the truth, and it is time to take action.
“I think God would want us to go to war over this.”
… Babies Are Being Slaughtered – Here’s Your Chance to DO Something
Soldout in the ER
A good friend of mine – let’s just call him “Buddy” – recently had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Calling All Leaders (in the church)
I’ve recently been studying the pastoral epistles (i.e. 1, 2 Timothy, Titus), where Paul takes several opportunities to describe the qualifications for church “elders” and “deacons.” I believe that these qualifications, while specifically described for these roles, ought to apply also to anyone seeking to lead in any kind of significant capacity, or perhaps even a seemingly insignificant capacity.
The “Virtue” of “Busy-ness”
What do you suppose the most common answer to the question “how are you” was ten years ago? … The “Virtue” of “Busy-ness”
Stop Telling People How Hard Ministry Is (please)
As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I left a secular career as an engineering and manufacturing project manager to enter into vocational ministry, and I’ve now been a “pastor” for a couple of years, so I don’t claim to be an expert. … Stop Telling People How Hard Ministry Is (please)
