Things have been hard in Flint, Michigan for a long time. It has a rich and fascinating history, but it is a shell of what it used to be. In the 1980’s as the local economy suffered through an early downturn in General Motors, the City and other interested parties joined together to build the sixth largest hotel in the state of Michigan in Flint. It was a bold idea that coincided with the development of Auto World. Auto World failed and the hotel never prospered. It went on the market and a private donor purchased it and donated it to a Christian organization. [Read more…] about Praying Women
Cynics and Drought
In the summer of 1988 Central Ohio experienced the most severe drought in 50 years. We lived in a farming community there where many of the people depended on the abundance of their grain yields from year to year, just staying ahead of the interest on their payments to keep their farms and equipment, and preserve the way of life they loved. [Read more…] about Cynics and Drought
He’s in the Word!
A white pastor was a visiting preacher at a predominantly African-American church. In the front row was in impeccably-dressed woman with white gloves. Any time he would refer to a passage of Scripture she would stand to her feet and shout, “He’s in the Word!” He was delighted and started to look for new ways to get Scripture in the message. My brother Kevin added a tool to the site this morning that will make Scriptures jump out at you. I hope this gets us all in the Word more.
Check out my favorite Bible verse 2 Corinthians 3:18
The Essence of Sin
This morning the Desiring God blog had a simple and helpful article about the essence of sin that was helpful to me. Read it when you get a chance.
UOWEMEBIGTWIME
I’m in a really good mood today so I am going to give you some advice you will thank me for, for the absolute rest of your life. Get on iTunes and download all the Fernando Ortega you can afford as soon as you can. While you are at it surf over and check out the picture of his newborn daughter on his website. You can listen to one of his beautiful songs here. Now you owe me… Bigtwime.
Expressions of Love
Last week was Valentine’s Day. I have been obsessed with the very same lover for almost thirty-one years, since the first day I saw her in the little pizza shop on Kearny on Friday evening, September 8th, 1978. Her name is Lois. We have eight children and almost two grand-children so far.
I love Lois. I am never going to stop loving her until the day I die. Never. And I am going to keep working on creative ways to communicate my love. I don’t ever want her to doubt it. I don’t ever want her to regret that she yielded to my begging and badgering and married me. I want her to feel as loved as rain is wet, as loved as the sun is bright, as loved as a dog is loyal. [Read more…] about Expressions of Love
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