Reflecting or Deflecting?
“You are not one of his disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter. He replied, “I am not.” “Didn’t I see you with him…?” Again Peter denied it… (from John 18:17, 26-27) When Peter denied...
View ArticleThe Tell Tale Heart
Perusing through some blogs this morning, I hit on a post by my friend Kendall here called “Inside Where?” In it, he tells of reading through a book called Neverwhere where the protagonist finds...
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Our church sponsors a home in Cambodia that brings in homeless children from the streets and provides for them shelter, education, Christian influence — a home life, essentially. It’s not an orphanage...
View ArticleWill the Real Men Please Stand Up
Will the Real Men Please Stand Up A free verse reflection on Christian manhood by Keith Drury I am a man. At least I want to be. I am male, for sure. But am I a man? What makes a male a man? What turns...
View ArticleThe Authority of a Child
I was driving on a windy road in a small residential area yesterday evening. Glancing in my rear view mirror, I noticed a line of cars. When the road straightened enough to get a god look, I counted...
View ArticleMoses’ Training
The following article comes from a recent report from Training Ground. It is so good, it needs no introduction. I wanted to post it in its entirety…, Leadership Through the Story of Moses For Moses,...
View ArticleSomething Bigger
Your life is now hidden with Christ in God. -Colossians 3:3 I have a friend who is a major St. Louis Cardinals fan. When I say “fan,” keep in mind that it is shortened for “fanatic,” as in whoa, that...
View ArticleAn Enemy Among Us
I realize lately that when I write, I am consistently harping on the reality of busyness and its role in our lives. This blog is as much journal as anything, a locale I come to occasionally to offer...
View ArticleThe Soul’s Worth
I’m reading through a book by Gerald May called The Dark Night of the Soul. Gerald May was a psychiatrist who, in his own words, became weary of the medical profession’s way of handling the soul of...
View ArticleNouns and Verbs
Of the Christian life, Brennan Manning once said that we are not travel agents handing out brochures to places we’ve never been. We should not be about pushing people toward a kind of life that we are...
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