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- June 2, 2016
An Experiment in Modern Parables The winners of the three-phase writing contest are now available in a freshly published…
, - June 1, 2016
THE NOBILITY OF GOD’S CALL Now look at God’s call from God’s perspective. Again, I’m going to ask you to…
- May 27, 2016
MAYBE IT WAS A WRONG NUMBER Some days you wonder, don’t you? Was I called to ministry or was it…
- May 25, 2016
HEARING GOD'S CALL It is quite normal for clergy and educators to have moments of discouragement that lead them to…
, - May 20, 2016
UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter and the other disciples but they do not…
, - May 18, 2016
BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type of…
, - May 13, 2016
I think it was Loren Eiseley who said if humans had designed the universe, they would have made one disastrous…
, , - May 11, 2016
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE The same problem looks different depending on the angle from which you view it. For example, a…
- May 6, 2016
IDEAS VERSUS RELATIONSHIPS One of the hesitancies about speaking to people outside the church about faith is that we fear…
- May 4, 2016
EVANGELISM IS NOT SALESMANSHIP Recently we have seen lots of articles about the fall in church membership and the rise…
, - April 29, 2016
WE KNOW IT'S TRUE We know that we are not perfect. We accept that we all have sinned and fallen…
, - April 27, 2016
For the past few blogs, I've been talking about how you can explore various aspects of ministry and your spiritual…
, - April 22, 2016
Parables and Your Spiritual Life Lots of people try to play God in this world, but what if you could…
, - April 20, 2016
HOW TO LISTEN The problem with our ideological splits today is that we have lost the capacity to listen to…
- April 15, 2016
LOSS OF TRUST THAT BINDS US Consider what is happening in our society. In recent years, almost every major institution…
, - April 13, 2016
ENTER INTO A MYSTERY We often speak about God calling someone to ministry in an almost casual fashion. When you…