The following from Buechner makes the distinction between Christian words and the concepts behind them. Many of us who follow Jesus need to examine th...
Here is an issue that so many of us want to keep private and off-limits even to good friends, much as we would refrain...
Here's a great story from Bob Logan's book on church planting movements that I pulled off Steve Addison's blog. Sure, here is the text with paragra...
This past month our World Race team in the Andes mountains in Peru met an elderly couple, Emilio and Luisa Chavez. After some conversation, they led L...
I believe in taking risks. When a risk has been prayed over and is God-directed, it is a form of faith. Here's an example: This past week I was on ...
The last two day's blogs have explored how we inadvertently mistake stewardship for ownership when we are stewards of something for a long time. Jesus...
The media is a neutral thing, neither good nor bad - it's just raw technology. The problem is that because it is so often used in negative ways, one n...
The disciples asked Jesus, "Why do you tell stories?" He answered, "I tell stories to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight."...
In yesterday's blog, I unwrapped the subject of "the slow poison of a same place." It's a phenomenon whereby we become presumptuous about ownership o...
When I was in Cuba in 1995, I met Ramon Lopez, who was a revolutionary leader with Castro. He and his wife got into the ministry because of the...
