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
01.23.2006 – Parenting – 1 Comment on Enemy strategies Enemy strategies I was talking to a friend whose 17 year-old daughter is a strong Christian. My friend noticed that she was growing di… Read Post
01.22.2006 – Parenting – 1 Comment on How to fight for your kids How to fight for your kids Last week, when I came back from five days on the field, I woke up the next morning and found these negative thoughts… Read Post
01.21.2006 – Parenting – 3 Comments on Fighting for your kids Fighting for your kids One of our five kids has always had a positive outlook on life. Everyone loves her – she brings light to their lives…. Read Post
01.20.2006 – Discipling – 1 Comment on Top 10 Discipling Decisions (cont.) Top 10 Discipling Decisions (cont.) 6.We decided that it was more important for Karen to be a mom than it was for her to have a job and we adjusted our l… Read Post
01.18.2006 – Discipling – 2 Comments on Ten best discipling decisions I’ve made Ten best discipling decisions I’ve made &nb… Read Post
01.17.2006 – Poverty – 1 Comment on The God of the trash heap The God of the trash heap I brought my running shoes to Mexico. Behind Bob Waag’s house is a giant trash heap – all the garbage of Matamoros pi… Read Post
