09.28.2007 – Identity issues – 2 Comments on Finding your identity in Christ Finding your identity in Christ Yesterday’s blog was about how to deal with an authority figure who puts you down. Today, I want to touch on the impo… Read Post
09.27.2007 – Identity issues – 3 Comments on When an authority figure puts you down When an authority figure puts you down A friend called me up this week looking for prayer and some counsel. An influential person in his life thinks he’s a … Read Post
09.26.2007 – Dreaming – 2 Comments on Helping your child get her dream Helping your child get her dream My daughter Emily has an amazing gift as an actress. A lot of parents feel that way about their children, but she has… Read Post
09.25.2007 – Dreaming – 3 Comments on Sons helping fathers die happy Sons helping fathers die happy Seven years ago on a back stretch of Alabama road I asked a question of Andrew Shearman that exploded in his soul and… Read Post
09.24.2007 – Reaching Your Destiny – 1 Comment on Can you die happy? Can you die happy? Henri Nouwen observed, “Dying is about giving yourself away, trusting yourself to God.” Embracing the reality of o… Read Post
09.23.2007 – Culture and Faith – No Comments on The apostle Paul’s open letter to the church, Pt. 2 The apostle Paul’s open letter to the church, Pt. 2 Continued from The apostle Paul’s open letter to the church (Part 1): Therefore, they have not truly become “one w… Read Post
09.22.2007 – Culture and Faith – 1 Comment on The apostle Paul’s open letter to the church The apostle Paul’s open letter to the church From my friend Bill Wilkie: “Alan Cross, a Pastor in Alabama with a blog www.downshoredrift.com, asked people to wri… Read Post
09.21.2007 – Dealing with junk in our lives – No Comments on Results of 3-in-need campaign Results of 3-in-need campaign On Monday I told you about 3 World Racers who were out in the field and in financial need. Just wanted to update you … Read Post
09.21.2007 – Culture and Faith – 8 Comments on Why do we have jury duty? Why do we have jury duty? Yesterday, they almost sat me on a jury to hear a DUI case. Periodically, as an upstanding American citizen, I get a … Read Post
09.20.2007 – Culture and Faith – No Comments on How has God wrecked you? How has God wrecked you? Another issue of Wrecked – an online magazine for missional Christians and spiritual misfits – just came out. Check o… Read Post
09.20.2007 – Better Living – 1 Comment on How to stop worrying How to stop worrying The Spanish word for worry is “preocupado” – preoccupied. We moderns derive our identity from our occupations. We occ… Read Post
09.19.2007 – Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking – 3 Comments on My daughter’s night in a strip club My daughter’s night in a strip club From my daughter Talia when she was in Thailand. Also see Sex for Sale and Sex for Sale, Pt. 2. Thailand is amazin… Read Post
09.18.2007 – Parenting – 3 Comments on What parents should give their children What parents should give their children It used to be that our very survival was in question. A hundred years ago when the average life expectancy was around… Read Post
09.17.2007 – World Race – No Comments on 3 racers with a financial need 3 racers with a financial need We’re trying to help three World Racers stay in the field. The 3-in-Need Campaign ends today, but you still have some… Read Post
09.17.2007 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 3 Comments on Saying goodbye to my only son Saying goodbye to my only son Yesterday, a jet crashed in Phuket, Thailand, one of the places where we currently have World Race teams. Many people… Read Post
09.15.2007 – Parenting – 1 Comment on Top 3 Movies of the Summer of ‘07 Top 3 Movies of the Summer of ‘07 Despite the trashiness of most films, we had a few good onesthis summer. Here are three: Stardust: Maybe it’s the … Read Post
09.14.2007 – Spiritual Coaching – 5 Comments on Spiritual direction: advice from a soul friend Spiritual direction: advice from a soul friend Concepts from Eugene Peterson’s Under the Unpredictable Plant. The Celtic term anmchara means “soul friend.” S… Read Post
09.13.2007 – Listening prayer – 1 Comment on How God guides us: The bicycle principle (Pt. 2) How God guides us: The bicycle principle (Pt. 2) Continued from yesterday’s blog . In Isaiah 58, God charges us with the task of demonstrating care to the needy a… Read Post
09.12.2007 – Listening prayer – 4 Comments on How God guides us: The bicycle principle How God guides us: The bicycle principle A blog reader recently wrote this comment “What happens when God is NOT leading for a Season and you choose a path…… Read Post
09.11.2007 – Kingdom Reality – 7 Comments on The spiritual reality gap The spiritual reality gap The Spiritual Reality Gap What I Believe——————————————————What I’ve … Read Post
09.10.2007 – Short-term missions – 6 Comments on Missionaries forgetting where they came from Missionaries forgetting where they came from Over and over again I watch the very missionaries I’ve mobilized through a short-term experience tell me, “It’s too m… Read Post
09.09.2007 – Identity issues – 1 Comment on Good Mourning: Learning to dance again, pt. 2 Good Mourning: Learning to dance again, pt. 2 Continued from Good Mourning: Learning to dance again Because we are social beings, we can’t help but find a part … Read Post
09.08.2007 – Living Free – No Comments on Good Mourning: Learning to dance again Good Mourning: Learning to dance again In Southern Africa where AIDS stalks the living and normal family life is rare, children cope by compartmentalizing. … Read Post
09.07.2007 – Spiritual Formation – 3 Comments on Serendipity or divine appointments? Serendipity or divine appointments? If we live our lives as spiritual beings having a temporary human experience, we become available for all manner of d… Read Post
