Review… Can Cancer Be a Gift? 13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015 Several months ago (maybe even longer than that) a friend of mine lent me a copy of Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr.'s DVD series, Believing God, based on his book of…
Books… Living by the Cross and by Faith 11 Sep 201511 Sep 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 12: Living by the Cross and by Faith We have crosses to bear everyday. But I have learned to enjoy the bitterest of them. And it…
Discipleship It is the Nature of Springs to Flow Outward 6 Sep 20157 Sep 2015 The account of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well in John 4:1-42 is one a profound and rich passage, and one that is even more illuminating when the…
Books… The Sight of Our Imperfections Should Not Take Away Our Peace 4 Sep 20154 Sep 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 11: The Sight of Our Imperfections Should Not Take Away Our Peace There is something about your suffering which is very subtle and perhaps hard for…
Discipleship The Importance of Understanding that Discipleship Is Messy 3 Sep 20153 Sep 2015 Growing and changing can be confusing and perplexing. Sometimes things happen in life that explode like bombs leaving us wondering what is going on and running for cover. Other times…
Discipleship Why Discipleship Gets Messy 2 Sep 20152 Sep 2015 Discipleship is messy. What do I mean by messy? I mean perplexing, confusing, frustrating. For example, it is not uncommon for people to not understand what things mean or why…
Discipleship… Lessons from Chickens 30 Aug 201530 Aug 2015 Once upon a time, we had chickens. We got into raising chickens because the school Maggie and Anna were attending at the time had eggs in an incubator and once…
Books… The Discovery and Death of Self 28 Aug 201528 Aug 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! Today's selection is another letter from the spiritual classic, Let Go, a collection of 40 letters he wrote to people he was discipling as a spiritual father.…
Books… We Are Not to Choose the Manner in Which Our Blessings Shall Be Bestowed 21 Aug 201521 Aug 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 9: We Are Not to Choose the Manner in Which Our Blessings Shall Be Bestowed I think you know what God requires of you. The question…
Discipleship Discipleship Requires Grace 18 Aug 201518 Aug 2015 My posts this week are focused on Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV). While many of us are very familiar with verses 18-20, what is often referred to as the Great Commission, we…