Larry Norman's last words
Back when I was in high school, we didn't have Christian radio stations or even Christian rock music. But we did have one bad, ground-breaking musicia...
Listening prayer
Women seem to hear God better than men
At age 14, Falyn Gliko, a young lady from Tennessee on a mission trip to Kenya, heard God urging her to do something. She was in an evening worship s...
Leadership
Women often lead better than men do
Last week, I blogged about Southern women and in an effort to balance that blog out, yesterday I addressed the subject of women who respond to God's c...
Spiritual Formation
The problem with independence
America is a nation founded on rebellion against tyranny and a declaration against it. That declaration formalized our commitment to a value - the val...
Identity issues
Identity in Christ quiz
Discipleship is a term that has grown tired and shopworn in the last 25 years. I've tried to replace it in my vocabulary with something not so '80's-s...
Orphans
What breaks your heart? This broke mine
Yesterday was Baby Moses' funeral. Reading my son's blog about it broke my heart, and I guess, given the world's pain and how God feels about it, that...
Short-term missions
The case for short-term missions
I am a progeny of the short-term missions movement. My life was shaped by trips I took as a teenager to Guatemala and Peru. And here's the ripple effe...
Leadership
When life beats you up and you want to quit
My heart is breaking this morning. I'm wrestling with two things that just happened: First, one of my coworkers made a terrible mistake and overnight ...
Listening prayer
What keeps you going?
If you tuned into the blog yesterday, you saw my disappointment and to-the-bone weariness. I had actually sent out an email to my family about baby Mo...
Fathering & Men's issues
Five promises of a spiritual father
On a maudlin note, did I ever tell you guys how much I love you? I can do that in my living room behind a computer - it's not too embarrassing. Read t...
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