Ministering In The Midst of Pain. . . .
At a time when we should be ministering to her and her family, she is ministering to us. I have been so encouraged by the posts Alisa Parrett is regularly writing for the Caring Bridge site she’s using to keep…
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Lifeboats, Arks, and How We Spend Our Time. . . .
“Okay, our work is done here.” That’s more or less what they said, and then they packed up and left. “They” were the two traveling presenters who had come to the university where I was doing campus ministry in 1980.…
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Worshipping Lebron. . . .
I’m not a fan of the NBA. I never really have been. Over the years, I’ve fulfilled my duty as a Philly sports fan by attending a handful of Sixers games, but it never really stuck. After last week, I’m…
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One Man’s Pain Is. . . .
This one’s just for fun. It all started with my love for the Tour de France. I’m spending a good chunk of my daily time during the month of July watching the race, something I’ve been doing for years. It’s…
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Stuff I See & Don’t See. . . .
My summer mini-sabbatical has afforded me some extended time for indulging one of my favorite childhood activities. I’ve been taking longer and longer bike rides on the seemingly endless bicycling options here in beautiful Lancaster County. . . a place…
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Request For Urgent and Continued Prayer. . . .
Yesterday I received word from a doctoral classmate at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary that our dear friend and our program mentor, Dr. Gary Parrett, was critically injured in a bus accident in South Korea. The accident claimed 12 lives. One of…
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Screaming For Freedom. . . .
A few weeks ago I blogged about the critically-acclaimed AMC series Mad Men, the show a young friend turned me onto last summer when he asked if I was a fan. I had heard of it but hadn’t seen it.…
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Shaved Heads, Goatees, And Other Misdirected Attempts At Reaching The World. . . .
There’s nothing wrong with shaving your head. . . except maybe for me with my knobby skull. There’s nothing wrong with complementing your bald head with a well-manicured goatee. But a few years ago, I noticed that as I would…
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Death. . . .
It’s coming. . . I know it is. And no matter how much I might try to ignore it or convince myself otherwise, my own death will someday visit my life. I was reminded of this again this morning when…
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Pursuing The Depth Of The Skin. . . .
This is not only what we’ve come to, but where we’re still going. . . and it’s going to destroy us. While we’ve been made to pursue the deep things of God, we’ve somehow bought the lie that we’re to…
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Divorce – Facebook Made Me Do It! . . . .
The other day I attended the wedding of a couple of young friends. One of our pastors, Troy, issued a wonderfully straightforward and realistic challenge to the pair as they were just minutes away from embarking on their life together.…
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Generation Porn – Where Will It End? . . . .
A couple of weeks ago I was in the car with my 17-year-old son Nate and one of his classmates. It was early on a Saturday morning and we were driving to a lacrosse tournament on a road north of…
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