http://clipart-library.com/clipart/484.htm Who knew that a simple visit with my sister would have such a profound impact on my family? As soon as I walked through the front door, my sister informed me that they had a test for me to…
You Don’t Have To Be Perfect
http://clipart-library.com I just finished answering a series of questions about my mother and it put me in a nostalgic mood. The questions were part of a video that a young woman in our church is preparing for Mothers’ Day in…
Retirement For The Christian: Never
http://clipart-library.com/clipart/967776.htm My wife retires today. She has worked in the medical field most of her adult life but today all that ends. Her employer is bringing her back for three weeks to train her replacement but it won’t be the…
Problems: Friend Or Foe
On the bulletin board in my office I have a quote from Henry Cloud’s book Integrity. He talks about entering an office eighteen years before he wrote the book and seeing a large sign on the wall. It read: No…
The Value Of Working Together
A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference in Hamilton sponsored by a church movement called True City. As it has in the past, True City challenged me that churches are more effective working together than they are serving…
“Fads” In The Evangelical World
Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash As I was deciding what I should write about in this blog entry, I noticed a book on my desk that I had just recently bought. My wife had finished reading it and had…
Igniting Passion Through God-Stories
Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash In his excellent book The Call: Finding and Fulfilling The Central Purpose of Your Life, Os Guinness makes the following statement: “As followers of Christ we are called to be before we are called…
Hanging On To God’s Call
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash While walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw four fishermen. He had met them before but this time was special. He had decided that he wanted to include them in…
Building Future Leaders
Photo by Vince Fleming on Unsplash When I was 17 years of age, one of our youth leaders made what I thought was a crazy suggestion. She thought it would be a good idea if our youth group led a…
Personal Gifts of Grace
Last week I received an update letter from one of my favorite missionaries. She serves as a midwife in Guatemala and in this update she shared two stories that dealt with the normal living out of her life in that…