Our first-born is an especially diligent young man. Even when he was just a lad you could count on him to attack a job and bring it to completion. One summer afternoon I asked him to vacuum out the van. He eagerly ran, got the vacuum and an extension chord and went to work. He […]
A Gentle Place to Fall
One year in apple-blossom and flowering Dogwood time I glanced out the window to see my neighbor Dave conducting a sacred rite of passage. He was teaching his little girl to ride her bike without training wheels. I got a lump in my throat at the sweetness of the memory of teaching my three older […]
Big Brother License
I preached in Higgins Lake at my little brother’s church yesterday morning. The evening service cancelled because of heavy snow and I spent all day driving back home. (The life of an itinerant preacher is not always all that romantic). Here is what I said when I got in my little brother’s pulpit for the […]
Daily Success
DAILY SUCCESS My I suggest you take the time to consider what true success is and how to achieve it? I am praying that this stirs up a powerful men’s movement all over the world. I have been to retreats and rallies to stir up the hearts of men and they have been wonderful, but […]
Barakel Bird
This little Chickadee was eating from the feeder in front of the East Side Chapel last weekend while I was speaking at Camp Barakel. Chuk braved the cold and snow to get this outstanding up-close photo.
On John Piper
I am convinced that John Piper is a gift to the church for our day. Often when I observe the apostasy and coldness of the church, the compromise and worldliness… my heart aches, but when I read men like John Piper and see that there are many who long for their faithful treatment of the […]