The Unemployed Pastor, The Empty Pulpit: Chaos or Hope?
One of the more interesting challenges that an experienced pastor can face during his ministry is to sit in the …
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Family Before Self: A Resolution Worth Keeping
Resolution: lose ten pounds in thirty days. Outcome: stuck to a reasonable diet at mealtime for at least the first …
No Greater Love
Veterans Day is a national observance whose significance has waned in recent years. As November 11 falls on Friday this …
Words That Hurt and Words That Heal
A young mother in her late teens walks into a room where her preschool children are playing. Their play is …
Trust in the Lord
It was the beginning of a journey of faith on behalf of the church I was serving. The small Caucasian …
Becoming A Foster or Adoptive Parent: Which Is Right For Me?
This is the second in a series of biweekly Family Friday blogposts that will address the topic of becoming a …
The Least of These
This blog post was originally shared in mid-October of last year during the Cape Town 2010 event in Cape Town, …
On Family Sacrifices
Today’s blogpost represents a slight departure from what I had planned. Rather than the second installment of the series on …
The Children’s Church
It was a typical Sunday morning. I was greeting members of our church family as they were leaving the worship …
A Matter of Mistaken Identity
As lunch dishes are cleared and I turn my attention to the morning’s unfinished tasks, my cell phone rings. A …
