I know, that as Christians, we have a Jewish heritage. I know Jesus Himself was a Jew. He followed the Hebrew calendar and observed the festivals of the year. I have a decent familiarity with the Old Testament. And yet, apart from our recent Seder meals, I have never observed the festivals of the Old Testament. Tonight, Jews around […]
Some 400 or so people congregated at CLC outside Indianapolis this past week for the first (what might be annual) Best Practices for Ministry Heartland conference. I attended as a representative of World Mission Prayer League and was pleased to reconnect with a few folks whom I had not seen in years, spend time with family, engage […]
Capitalism is not a materialistic order but has everything to do with the spirit. Capitalism does not deny the spirit by grounding desire in the material but instead effects a horizontal displacement of desire by constantly misdirecting desire from its true (vertical) home in God, by means of the enchantments of consumerism… This is an […]
Looking for divine guidance? This is a good place to start — The eternal truth is that God created me to be distinctly not Himself, but to realize Him in perfect love. Once God has seen to making us a Christian, when we begin to understand the graciousness of life’s uncertainty, even after we’ve wrestled the possibility of a daily […]
Upon entering our apartment for lunch today, Aelah was singing this song over and over. I belong to somebody. She was correctly singing that line when I first heard her. As you can tell, it turned into something else. Hearing her sing this got me to thinking that, yes, we do belong to Somebody. If I […]
So, this sounds a lot like team ministry. Here are a few excerpts from the article. The isolation experience, which will last a year. The six-strong team will live in close quarters. Provisions include powdered cheese and canned tuna. …the human element of exploration and problems that arise living in tight quarters. I think one of […]
Are we going with Jesus in the life we are living now? This question is hammered deep in the pages of this little pamphlet. This morning at the Prayer League, we were again discussing transitions (we’ve plenty on the horizon). Chuck led us in reminiscing on past directors of the mission and in celebration of […]
This is one activity that keeps us moving during the summer months in MN.
We’ve enjoyed the outdoors quite well these past few days. Thursday evening saw us at Lake Nokomis for spikeball. They kids and Adrienne enjoyed some time on the playground. Today, we took a trip to the big farmers market, then spent some time at Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary. We’d not been there before, but is […]
Because of popular news’ oft bias-laden sensationalism, I had no desire to watch the investigative videos regarding Planned Parenthood. Then, feeling the need for some sense of objectivity as I see comments posted here and there, I watched a few. There are times when words fail. This was a time when words fail – a time of silence. Voices have been […]
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. – Jesus What does it take to make a Christian? Oswald Chambers tackles this question in this little pamphlet. If we had to distill his message, I think this verse from Matthew might do so best. Being a Christian is not about […]
WordPress has always named releases in honor of jazz musicians. Often, after the release of a new version, I will search YouTube for a playlist of the artist being honored. I’ll then give my attention to the first song before moving on to update the few sites I manage. Released today, WordPress 4.3 honors Billie Holiday. The first song in […]
This is the first little pamphlet that begins my journey through the works of Oswald Chambers. In reading it, I was reminded of thoughts I’d had ten years ago. I pulled this post from the archives of my xanga account. April 18, 2005 I recently shared these words with a good friend … Abysmal expectancy … interesting […]
Nearly one year ago, I happened upon Paul Lindell’s copy of Oswald Chamber’s well-known devotional My Utmost for His Highest. We’ve been periodically posting to the Prayer League social accounts some of the excerpts which had been highlighted by Paul. It is quite intriguing to step back in time and capture a glimpse of the words that […]