For most of us life is a struggle in multiple ways. Marriage can be a struggle. Parenting can be a struggle. Finances can be a struggle. Health and aging are hard. Relationships can be hard. How can a person flourish spiritually and find joy, fulfillment, satisfaction, and spiritual strength when life is such a struggle. […]
My Bible Reading Plan
Here is my Bible reading plan. Buy a new Bible. This is one of the fun parts of the plan. You get a new Bible every time you read through the Bible. Eventually you will have a collection of different versions and styles. Try to Read some every day. You know an average reader can […]
Half-Praying on a Snowy Day
It’s the day after Christmas. This is the time of year we begin to think about or goals and aspirations for the new year. I woke up early thinking about that. What shall I attempt and what shall I aspire to in the the new, short year of 2014? I have my own spiritual, physical, […]
Savannah
It’s Christmas week. A week of celebration, food, fellowship, warmth, gifts and family. Not everyone will enjoy these things. Few really know that Christ of the Bible. It’s been cold. Reminded me of an incident that happened a few years ago. I wrote about it back in 2008. It was cold last night – good […]
Are You A Doer or Just a Reader?
It was the first evening of our big Christmas musical. The building was filling up with people to celebrate Christ’s birth. There was a happy excited buzz in the air. People were dressed for Christmas. Here at Evangel the Christmas Musical is pretty serious business. The choir works hard, memorizes their music and uses special […]
It’s Almost Christmas
A couple years ago I witnessed something sad and made a note about it in my journal. Today I want to share that entry with you… It’s almost Christmas. I wouldn’t mind if it was a little colder and a little snowier. Yesterday I realized that not everyone feels that way. I had worked hard […]
A Difficult Christmas
Here is a classic re-post from eleven years ago. The decorations around the Inn this year are beautiful. A fire burns in the huge fireplace in the lobby. We are warm, happy and secure. But I remember a difficult Christmas when we had no tree or decorations. The children were complaining about it so I […]
The Perfect Christmas
Christmas is never going to be perfect As long as earth suffers under the curse, But Jesus is always present And Jesus is always perfect. -Ken Pierpont
Christmas Tree 2013
We like to wait for a bit of snow before we get our tree. Yesterday about the time I finished my morning message the snow began to fall–just enough to make things look wintry for our trip out toward Chelsea. This is our seventh Christmas. The first two years we found our tree out on […]
Quiet Monthly Ritual
This morning I came into my study and realized that I had not turned my calendars to December yet. I love my calendars, especially my John Sloane calendar. For years I have used a large wall calendar with John Sloane prints in my inner study where I see it many times a day. When I […]