It’s getting to that time, where we need to start thinking about accumulating supporters. So if you read this blog, you may well be one of them. Heh. Don’t worry. We aren’t asking for money (yet!) At this stage, we would like to build a base of prayer support. If there is one thing to [...]
She is worth far more than rubies. (Proverbs 31:10) Just this weekend I was reminded about how wonderfully gifted my wife is. She is a counsellor, leader, organizer, coordinator, so many wonderful gifts that will be critical to our success as a pastoral couple. At times I almost feel overshadowed at how effortless she makes [...]
Continue reading about A wife of Noble Character Who Can Find?
So I decided to move off Mark Driscoll today and see if I could find some other sermons online. I googled John Piper, I’ve heard he’s a pretty good preacher. I found this: As I watched it, I began to thank God that I didn’t teach that or believe that. But then God brought to [...]
Continue reading about It's Not Prosperity Gospel… It Just Looks Like It.
Man, it just seemed like nothing went right yesterday. I thought I was on top of things in the moment I got up. Lots of time. Daylight Savings and all. I head downstairs at about 6:30am, take care of a few things, and “Waaah!” Baby is awake (he usually sleeps in until 8am or so). [...]
Some mornings, events conspire against you to bring you to God. Every morning, at 4:45am I walk my dog. I actually appreciate this time because it gives me a chance to pray and talk with God. Usually it’s a one-way thanks and praise session and I wonder sometimes that I don’t have a chance to [...]
Continue reading about Using Hallowe'en to Reach Kids for Christ
Oh Lord, sustain my children’s hunger for your Word. Don’t let my own laziness or selfishness keep them from it. I am so proud each and every night they beg me to read them a story from the Bible. How easily that feeling is overwhelmed by the urgent, or by fatigue, or by petty distractions. [...]
This weekend might have easily been considered overwhelming. We had so much on the go. Friday night was our first small group meeting of the fall, which went smoothly, but it was interesting forging a new dynamic for the season with much more concrete goals and planning. We’re much more comfortable in doing what is [...]
Over at pastorhacks, Bob reposts something he wrote about prayer a while ago. His point is that prayer requests are overwhelming to some people in ministry. I can imagine that the larger a church gets, the volume of prayer requests also grows. I found myself thinking, “well, why don’t they set up a prayer team [...]
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