Lessons on Pornography. . .
Last week Lisa and I traveled to the beautiful Berkshire hills in Western Massachusetts. We made a short getaway together out of an invitation to have a heart-to-heart conversation about the dangers and brokenness of pornography with a group of…
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Running On Empty. . . The More You Have The More You Want. . .
The other day I discovered a large bank of full bookshelves at the back corner of an indoor flea market. They were a running a special. . . ten books for ten bucks! Dangerous for me. I walked out with…
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Thoughts On Dungy. . .
What in the world is happening with Tony Dungy?!? That’s what I wondered when I logged on to my smart phone to check the news the other day. I’m on vacation. . . a vacation that includes no television (it’s…
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Le Tour. . . Le Youth Ministry. . . and Le Life.
Things aren’t the way they’re supposed to be. Life hurts. Our best laid plans rarely come to fruition. These are realities that I was thinking about last night as Lisa and I shared a wonderfully encouraging evening with a long-time…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 3. . . .
Over the course of the last eighteen months and my focused reading on the same-sex issues that have been at the forefront in our culture and the church, my prayer has been that God’s Spirit would guide me into a…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 2. . . .
Yesterday I posted a list of three books that I’ve recently read that have been most helpful in framing a Biblical response to the issue of same-sex attraction. . . a topic that’s led to much debate of late in…
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Same-Sex Issues. . . Some Reading Suggestions. . . Part 1. . . .
A few months ago a youth ministry friend asked me to blog on what I’ve been reading in response to my desire to sort out the same-sex issues that have been so prominent in culture in recent months. “I need a…
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From a Mom to Her Boys. . . Powerful. . . .
Thanks to social media, this little letter from blogger Renee Robinson to her boys went viral. It’s powerful. . . and awesome. . . and spot on. Yes, she’s writing about screens and electronics. But this letter should force us…
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A Prayer For Our Children
On several occasions in the past, I’ve mentioned how my prayer life has been deepened through the use of a variety of printed prayer books. One of these resources that I treasure the most is Scotty Smith’s Everyday Prayers: 365 Days…
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Transgender Issues and Kids. . . The Whittington Family
A few weeks ago a friend sent me a link to the video embedded below. The video is titled “The Whittington Family: Ryland’s Story.” Their request was simple: “Would you watch the video and tell me what you think?” I…
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Kids Snorting Smarties. . . Not Too Smart. . . .
Like most kids at the time, I spent my early-1960s elementary school years “smoking” candy cigarettes, el bubble brand bubblegum cigars, and foil-filled look-alike cigarettes that emitted a chalk-dust haze when you’d blow through one end and out the other.…
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Changing Times. . . Wow! . . .
Have you ever heard of Moore’s law? Named after Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel, Moore’s law was originally proposed by Moore in a paper he wrote way back in 1965. Moore speculated that computer technology would develop…
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