Another article for our local paper. I spent most of Wednesday positioning myself near windows so I could see the rain falling. And, as boring as it is supposed to sound, hopefully I’ll be able to watch grass growing over the next couple of weeks. Once upon a time rainy days were times to be …
From an article by William Willimon on pastoral ministry and change titled Why Leaders Are A Pain: The promise of all bogus religion is the promise of a peaceful life without pain. That’s also the subtext of lots of sermons I hear and some of the ones I preach: pain is avoidable, and here’s my …
Zack Eswine writes about that moment when you realise you need something that God knows you need all along: This pastoral paradigm was bringing us face-to-face with an old joke in Christian circles. “Pray for anything except patience,” the joke suggests. “You don’t want to see what God will give you if you ask for …
Stuart McAllister of Ravi Zacharias Ministries reflects on a story from a collection by Tolstoy: In a certain home town there lived a cobbler, Martin Avdeitch by name. He lived in a small basement room whose one window looked out onto the street, and all he could see were the feet of people passing by. …
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