Recently, I read how human resilience can be compared to salt. Resilience is the “ability to face reality: to deal with and to grow through life’s challenges.” Like salt, which flavors and preserves the quality of food and helps disinfect harmful materials, resiliency in people enhances, protects and detoxifies their quality of life. More should [...]
Inspired by the many conversations I’ve had lately, these words emerged in my journal today. I have no aspirations of becoming a poet. Frankly, I really don’t get it. Yet, the most powerful images of my heart find voice in verse on occasion. News, rumor, opinion: indiscernible slush. Twisted and turned around, I lose my [...]
I happen upon rare finds now and then in my occasional trips to used bookstores. The following, as best I can tell, is an excerpt from the Apostle Peter’s personal journal. How it came to be in my possession I am not at liberty to discuss. I do hope, however, you find it as compelling [...]
My friend, Ellen, has written another provocative post; this time, on exchanging the Thou for an it in worship. She contends that in our attempt to get our theology correct (a right way of thinking about God) we have sacrificed a deeper orthodoxy (a right way of expressing God). Her post echoes some of what [...]
The following article came across my desk sometime while I was away. So many times upon our return to the US I found myself ‘frozen’ in a decision-simple decisions like, what size diaper to purchase for Jille or even a flavor of gum. On one such occasion I began to cry as I could not [...]
First, this is my first attempt at a “trackback” or “pingback”. Second, Jeanni and I watched this video with tears streaming from our eyes. It was beautiful in the best sense of the word. In the event this trackback does not work, here’s the link to watch this wonderful video listed under the title, “what [...]
In an attempt to prime my writing pump and feeling the desire to walk down memory lane due to some recent stress, I came across this letter I wrote over nine years ago to our support team. It’s been tweaked a bit and I’ve added some recent history and it’s every bit as relevant [...]
I found this on the Missional Church Network blog I thought worth posting after my brief thoughts on spiritual friendship. This is by Georges Boujakly. “A couple of years ago I attended a week-long retreat called a 5-Day Spiritual Academy. This particular retreat was a ministry of Upper Room Ministries and was held [...]
In his book, The Mentored Life, Jim Houston gives four reasons why mentoring (or, life with life, Incarnational ministry) is becoming a cultural necessity today. 1. Alienation in Modern Society: We may have forgotten the long tradition of apprenticeship in our modern age but the move toward mentoring is certainly an indication of [...]
This is one of our family favorites I just came across on YouTube. Enjoy!
Recent Comments