Average Abba When you consider where we’re headed in the area of Fatherhood in this country, the average Abba (Hebrew for Daddy) ends up looking like “Father of the Year.†Today, after the worthy efforts of groups like “Promise Keepersâ€, books like Steve Fararr’s “Point Man,†and John Eldridge’s “Wild at heart,‗many men (and fathers) […]
READ MOREFeeble Fatherhood (MIA) What’s a father today? Depending on the community it seems to range from sperm donor to loving, devoted mentor. On the one hand, many young men who live in gang infested communities have almost lost all hope of being raised in a loving two parent, traditional family. In east Los Angeles, for […]
READ MOREOk, I’m good for my word. Want to know the spiritual lesson from my unnecessarily anemic triathlon performance? It’s found in this verse Or was it this verse? Actually, I think it was this one. My bad. It’s this one. and this one, and this one, and-
READ MOREI’ve always wanted to do a mini triathlon. Some places call them triathlon sprints. Basically it consists of swimming between one third and one half a mile, followed by between 9-12 miles of biking and ending with a run anywhere in the range of 2-4 miles. I found one. An indoor one–swimming pool, stationary bike […]
READ MOREOccasionally I have shared with you all that I (as well as every pastor I respect who is reaching the unchurched) will sometimes here a faint splash in the waters surrounding the brook that has me somewhat concerned. I don’t hear it often, but enough to know what it means… ‘Man overboard!’ Someone has jumped […]
READ MORE“Reflections on a Murder/Suicide†Most of my life, I have been a professional wrestling fan. Don’t worry, I stopped watching it years ago when it slid more into the world of “adult entertainment†leaving behind the predictable days of it’s past when you could tell the good guys from the bad guys and you […]
READ MOREA curious thing about most (nearly all) world religions is their somewhat ‘automatic’ nature. It’s almost as if they are on a kind of spiritual cruise control that mechanizes the entire salvation process. And it’s never turned off. It’s never inspected. It never breaks down. […]
READ MOREI’m actually still thinking about that amazing weekend at SCC where we baptized another 100 people. It was unbelievable! I know you probably get tired of me saying that, but it’s true. And maybe it gets old hearing it if church for you is more typified by the same group (only a bit […]
READ MOREGuest Blogger: Art TerKeurst A few years back I got a real wake up call from two boys with a third world country faith. Lysa and I (Art) were introduced to a group of Liberian orphans here in the states singing together in a boy’s choir. These boy’s were traveling and singing for primarily two […]
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