Books… Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience 3 Oct 20143 Oct 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 5: Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience Learn to cultivate peace. And you can do this by learning to turn a deaf ear to your own…
Books… The Advantages of Humility 26 Sep 201426 Sep 2014 I have decided to make "Fénelon Friday" a regular thing on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. This selection is from Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House, 1973). Letter…
Books… Back for the 7th Time 10 Jun 201410 Jun 2014 This week I am at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT attending the Jonathan Edwards Center's 7th annual summer course on Edwards. The focus this year is on Edwards…
Books… Jonathan Edwards’ Treatise on Religious Affections 16 May 201416 May 2014 The following is the result of research I have been doing for an article on Religious Affections that I am writing for an Encyclopedia on Jonathan Edwards that will be…
Books… Who Are You Walking With? 12 May 201412 May 2014 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm (Proverbs 13:20, NIV). Charlie "Tremendous" Jones put his own humorous twist on this verse when he…
Books Book Review: The Walking Wounded: The Path from Brokenness to Wholeness 19 Feb 20143 Apr 2014 One of the things I have come across more often than I would like in my pastoral ministry is abuse. Verbal abuse and bullying (of both youth and adults) has…
Books… Everybody Needs a Little Fénelon 9 Jan 20149 Jan 2014 A while ago I shared one of my favorite letters from Francis Fénelon (1651-1715). You can read that here. Few books are as precious to me as Let Go, by…
Books… Top Ten 9 Jan 20149 Jan 2014 Time for a lighter post today. Below are ten quotes that have been very influential in my life and ministry. Since it is more blessed to give than to receive,…
Books… Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…. 9 Dec 20139 Dec 2013 My friend, mentor, and spiritual father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones was famous for saying, You will be the same person five years from now you are today except for two things:…
