I was asked this question in our home group recently, after a larger discussion on church discipline, and forgiving the repentant. I found a large number of documents online with various opinions. I read through the first nine that showed up on a google search, and summarized their positions below. Read more…
As we approached the Christmas season, I’ve asked various groups to pray for the depressed on a number of occasions. I’ve been aware of the general increase in depression around Christmas for some time. But I hadn’t thought seriously recently about my own struggles in feeling left behind in the Read more…
I’ve been trying to grow a proper plant this summer, with minimal results. I have ten peppers, but only one ripening, and only this much. Anyway, I figured should eat it now, since it will be overdone when I back. The first fruit of this mission, as it were…
Joel poses with a couple of his cabin mates. They all started out best friends, as nine of the ten of them were in the same cabin last year. But this afternoon, one wanted to stay in bed because others were being mean. So we took a break from our Read more…
So we’ve apparently entered the end of the year awards season, which like other things seems bigger in Texas. James got inducted into the National Jr. Honors Society this morning: And Joel got awards for no infractions and A honor roll all year: We were worried when the K-3 awards Read more…
Sunday evening at the end of homegroup, after the kids finished praying for one another, we pulled out the Cray Button so they could practice their dance moves for camp, which is just over a week away!
Last night I heard that a woman I’ve been in ministry with has filed for divorce. I could only respond “ouch”. There are lots of details I don’t know (and that’s probably good), but I can only think how much our enemy is laughing. And that we need to continue Read more…
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. -Martin Luther King, Jr. Life in the Pacific Northwest basically persuaded me that civil rights Read more…
Lunches are made, uniforms bought (no small feat this year), clothes washed & ironed, supply lists purchased, tags cut off, cellophane ripped and thrown… Here’s to a shiny, fresh start at a new school!