Faith Depending on God and Work are not Mutually Exclusive 20 Jan 201523 Jan 2015 "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should…
Faith God Must Work and We Must Work 20 Jan 201522 Jan 2015 Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to…
Faith The Virtues of the Ten Virgins, Part 2 19 Jan 201519 Jan 2015 In yesterday's post we started looking at Jesus' Parable of the Ten Virgins, in Matthew 25:1-13. It is one of several illustrations Jesus told in answer to His disciples' question…
Books… Do Not Be Distressed by the Revelation of Self or the Absence of Feeling 10 Jan 201510 Jan 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! Or at least it was yesterday. I guess I hit "save" instead of "post." Oh well. This letter is just as good on Saturday as it would…
Christian Living… Forward Motion, Part 3 8 Jan 201510 Jan 2015 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 3 5 Jan 20157 Jan 2015 What keeps us from making change? I think when it comes down two it there are two big reasons that change is so hard. The first is fear of change.…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 2 5 Jan 20156 Jan 2015 God's blessings require you to change. God's blessings always end up changing us. Change comes in one of two ways: Changes that God's blessings make in us. He changed Abram's…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 1 5 Jan 20155 Jan 2015 I have a dear friend down in Orlando, FL Dr. Bob Willson. He is an optometrist. One time I remember us having a conversation about the requirement the medical profession…
Spiritual Formation Lessons from Coffee 24 Sep 201424 Sep 2014 My first coffee was a Starbucks grande white chocolate mocha. I was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary at the time. One of my co-workers (yes, I was working at…
Spiritual Formation… I Hate Waiting 2 Mar 20143 Mar 2014 One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. So many great quotes from that movie. Who has not heard that line of Indigo Montoya, "I will walk up to…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 