02.18.2006 – Vulnerability and me – 3 Comments on The freedom of admitting you’re stupid The freedom of admitting you’re stupid One danger in writing these daily blogs is that it is easy to take pot shots at people. But how do you do that if you… Read Post
02.17.2006 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 3 Comments on Hit and run evangelism Hit and run evangelism I didn’t mention in yesterday’s blog that Mark’s relatives who were having the abortion weren’t Christians. Kevin Rub… Read Post
02.16.2006 – Prayer – 2 Comments on Prayer saves a life in L.A. yesterday Prayer saves a life in L.A. yesterday Abortion as a national discussion is too often abstract and polemical. Yesterday a life was saved in Los Angeles – th… Read Post
02.15.2006 – Parenting – 11 Comments on Over-Protective Parents Over-Protective Parents My blog about jousting with my daughter’s suitors prompted some valid concern by readers. “Are you being over-prote… Read Post
02.14.2006 – Better Living – 2 Comments on Another Hallmark holiday – advice for Romeos Another Hallmark holiday – advice for Romeos My beautiful wife Karen says, “My whole life is a romance. But not everybody has that. You used to like Valentine’s D… Read Post
02.12.2006 – Dreaming – 2 Comments on Caught in a tutu & living your bad dream Caught in a tutu & living your bad dream One of our four daughters interrupted our fitful sleep last night to ask for prayer. I don’t know what you guys out t… Read Post
02.12.2006 – Prayer – 4 Comments on How do I break out of the monologue habit? How do I break out of the monologue habit? This morning I was struggling with a relationship. The relationship comes with complications that are bothering me. A… Read Post
02.11.2006 – Listening prayer – No Comments on What is listening prayer? What is listening prayer? Growing up, My devotions were dry, routine affairs. I’d whip through a chapter in the Bible. I’d run down a list of p… Read Post
02.10.2006 – Prayer – 2 Comments on Are there tools to help me? 5 of them Are there tools to help me? 5 of them Prayer is just you communicating with God. You shouldn’t need anything to help you, but if you’re stuck in neutral, t… Read Post
02.09.2006 – Prayer – 2 Comments on How to find time to pray? 6 traps that mess me up How to find time to pray? 6 traps that mess me up My best prayer times are mornings. But mornings can be rough, especially if you’re not a coffee person. Here are the … Read Post
02.08.2006 – Prayer – 4 Comments on How to spend an hour in prayer? How to spend an hour in prayer? First, let’s be honest, we live in an A.D.D. generation. We can’t focus on anything for very long. Spending an hour … Read Post
02.07.2006 – Prayer – 12 Comments on Why pray for 45 minutes? Why pray for 45 minutes? In discipling others, I advocate an extended time of prayer – 45 minutes for starters. Why? Why not just pray through… Read Post
02.06.2006 – Prayer – 68 Comments on Why do we pray in the first place? 15 Reasons Why do we pray in the first place? 15 Reasons As I’ve embarked on this experiment of trying to disciple six people, we have just a few goals. We’re going to pray m… Read Post
02.05.2006 – Prayer – 4 Comments on Learning to pray Learning to pray Six people have signed up for my cyber-discipling service (let’s be honest – being web-based, it’s an experiment in i… Read Post
02.04.2006 – Wounded healers – 2 Comments on Make room for old people in your life Make room for old people in your life Other societies embrace the inevitability of death (and are less angst-ridden for it) while ours glorifies youth and … Read Post
02.03.2006 – Parenting – No Comments on Give Momma a break! Give Momma a break! At one point in our lives, we had five kids and the oldest was six. Two or three were in diapers. I had to … Read Post
02.02.2006 – Better Living – 1 Comment on Making room for mystery Making room for mystery Because of Future Shock – too much information coming at us too fast – we are forever looking for ways to simplify an… Read Post
02.01.2006 – Reaching Your Destiny – 3 Comments on Lap dog – Running dog Lap dog – Running dog People are a lot like dogs. You always think about that in terms of dogs and their masters – the saggy jowled guy who… Read Post
01.31.2006 – Vulnerability and me – 1 Comment on Give it all up Give it all up I have two routes I can safely run along our rural roads. One of them leads half a mile up a steep grade. By the time… Read Post
01.30.2006 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 8 Comments on Scaring your daughter’s suitors Scaring your daughter’s suitors Talia was going to her first prom. The boy who was taking her is a notorious prankster, so I knew I could take a few … Read Post
01.29.2006 – Discipling – 17 Comments on I’ll disciple you I’ll disciple you I believe in discipleship so much, I’m crazy about it. It’s not just that Jesus in his valedictory address commanded … Read Post
01.27.2006 – Radical Living – No Comments on Fools for Christ Fools for Christ I re-read my 1/22 entry and it occurred to me, “I really am quite a fanatic. Anybody stumbling across this blog for t… Read Post
01.26.2006 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 1 Comment on Wearing the father-protector hat Wearing the father-protector hat Our girls have always been good about allowing me to play the role of father-protector. At times they’ve ventured fur… Read Post
01.25.2006 – Writing Blogs and Books, Missions – 2 Comments on Easiest book I’ve ever written Easiest book I’ve ever written Yesterday evening on my way to a meeting, I stopped on the highway shoulder and Clint carried a box of books hot off … Read Post