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If there is anyone who is still bothering to check this blog, please forgive me for my absence. I have thought of you many times and prayed for some of you by name. Many people have let me now through email or comments that the sharing of our struggle has brought them much consolation and […]

I came across this in my reading today:
Difficulty does this, it changes your perspective. In ways that are subtle and not so subtle, it alters the way you see your world. Perhaps it causes you to look at your world through the lens of fear and dread. Or maybe it makes you look at life […]

I suspect that for decades, there will be days of the year that we celebrate and days that we mourn.
It’s hard to do both in the same day. Like Mother’s Day, we’ll always celebrate God’s gift to Erin in motherhood and remember the time she did get to share with Owen, though it was only […]

I know this is Robert’s posting ground, but he welcomed my intrusion. There is much I’d like to say that feels worthy of sharing, but the most pressing thing I wish to communicate to each of you is our deepest and sincerest gratitude.
We know many of you ached for some way to help alleviate the […]

George Grant said that, “too much focus on giving things up keeps us from realizing what we’ve been given—the gift of Salvation through Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection.”
I’m practicing giving up something for Lent because I need the practice. My soul needs to know what it’s like to deny myself, to give myself […]

Just a little more about that fear.
1. Not all fear is bad fear.
That’s not to say that bad fear doesn’t exist. There is a fear that cripples people deep in their soul. There is a fear that keeps people from truly being known and knowing others…even when it comes to their relationship with God. Fear […]

Much of my time lately has been given to prayer and meditation about prayer. Recently, I’ve often found myself speechless and feeling helpless. In the silence I’ve felt my soul attacked by doubt and feelings of futility.
It’s honest and it’s real.
I’ve heard the voice of my enemy reminding me of reasons that I should feel […]

My blog roll is made up of many men that I would like to know and a few that I do. Over the next few weeks I will do my best to introduce you to them. Yesterday I linked to a blog called, ” The Gospel Driven Life“. It’s author is pastor Mark Lauterbach from […]

Mark Lauterbach has written a “litmus test” for Gospel ministry that hits the nail on the head. Here’s a taste:
Yes, we need to speak clearly and connect the dots of people’s lives to the Gospel — and we need to critique their world-view and show that it really finds its true hope in Jesus. But […]

Is it in my performance? Is it in my theological depth? Is it in my maturity? Is it in my reputation?
Where must I go to find real hope in the face of such adversity? My track record is spotty, my knowledge is suspect and my maturity is, well…it’s in progress.
All of the things that normally […]

This morning our church prayed for our family, especially Owen. Before we came forward, a letter that we wrote last night was read to the congregation. We tried to express the basic details of the situation, how we are doing emotionally right now, and how the church can be a part of our survival.
It has […]

Leave it to Eugene Peterson to write one of the greatest descriptions of the call of a pastor that I have ever read. Right now this both strengthens my passion for ministry and voices very real and raw thoughts that are in me right now because of what we are going through as a family. […]

I don’t think enough about becoming too content. Contentment can be dangerous, deadly in fact. Right now, I pastor (which means that I get to read good books, study the Bible, pray, and teach people about the Gospel in their life) and get paid for it ; I have the best wife in the world […]

What is the desired result of a lifetime of conscience Gospel empowered soul cultvation? Listen to Paul Tripp and Tim Lane:
God has blessed you with His grace, gifted you with His presence, strengthened you with His power, and made you the object of His eternal love. Because we belong to Him, we live for His […]