Fools for Christ
I re-read my 1/22 entry and it occurred to me, "I really am quite a fanatic. Anybody stumbling across this blog for the first time would think I'm a n...
Writing Blogs and Books
Easiest book I’ve ever written
Yesterday evening on my way to a meeting, I stopped on the highway shoulder and Clint carried a box of books hot off the press to my car. I’ve writt...
Better Living
Making room for mystery
Because of Future Shock – too much information coming at us too fast - we are forever looking for ways to simplify and categorize. In the case of m...
Parenting
Give Momma a break!
At one point in our lives, we had five kids and the oldest was six. Two or three were in diapers. I had to travel. Things would get chaotic ...
Wounded healers
Make room for old people in your life
Other societies embrace the inevitability of death (and are less angst-ridden for it) while ours glorifies youth and hides our old people where we can...
Prayer
Learning to pray
Six people have signed up for my cyber-discipling service (let’s be honest – being web-based, it’s an experiment in intentionality and accountab...
Prayer
Why do we pray in the first place? 15 Reasons
As I've embarked on this experiment of trying to disciple six people, we have just a few goals. We're going to pray more and I'm going to help them gr...
Prayer
Why pray for 45 minutes?
In discipling others, I advocate an extended time of prayer - 45 minutes for starters. Why? Why not just pray throughout the day? Jesus said, “Ca...
Prayer
How to spend an hour in prayer?
First, let's be honest, we live in an A.D.D. generation. We can't focus on anything for very long. Spending an hour in prayer is a tall order; but pr...
Prayer
How to find time to pray? 6 traps that mess me up
My best prayer times are mornings. But mornings can be rough, especially if you're not a coffee person. Here are the six worst traps that have kept me...
