Last Sunday at mgpc our text was 1:21-2:11. The birth of Samuel and Hannah’s prayer/song. The episode carries dual relevance. A woman receives her heart’s desire, a son, and then faithfully commits him to God’s service in the temple. But, in addition, a new chapter in the progress of the history of redemption of all …
Matt Perman (of Desiring God) has provided two posts which give links to his posts from Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit at his blog What’s Best Next. Names which feature include John Dickson, Bill Hybels (‘natch), Seth Godin and Henry Cloud among others. Some will be of interest, some not, but have a look. There are …
If you love words, (which most readers here do), you might find it fun to take a few minutes and go to the Test Your Vocabulary website and do just that. The result reckons I know 32,500 words. I reckon some of my more literate friends and readers can do a lot better than that.
I have more and more empathy with the basic position expressed in these thoughts from Jared Wilson, particularly in the area of busyness expressed in points 2, 4, 6 and 8. Sometimes it’s possible to program activity and it simply becomes something more to be done than genuinely meeting a need. I’m a big fan …
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