This was my blog for AnchorPoint Church this week, but I thought it fit here too. Before I get to the three things – I wanted to explain the picture. My Dad didn’t die in WWII, but I still remember him on Memorial Day. My sister found this picture after Mom died, with the writing …
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We moved. Is God laughing? We downsized, but not having enough room for kids to move back in with us wasn’t the main reason for moving. I’m now walking distance to work (1.1mi), but I’m still so lazy I drive. The new place has more land. I’m not sure why. How much sand without an …
What is the world so afraid of? We have sex education, gender identity, and abortion on demand, but seem paranoid to let a High School Valedictorian speak the name of Jesus. Me thinks they protest too much. Below is a short, stunning speech by Jennifer Swadell, Valedictorian of San Diego's Grossmont High School in 2015 …
My mom was born Dec. 12, 1922 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Last week at church we talked about what Ecclesiastes calls "crooked days." It's Solomon's way of talking about hard, suffering, difficult bad days, and my mom had a few of those. She was the youngest of seven kids, and the light in her dads eyes. …
I have a little stocking-suffer book scheduled to come out through Heritage Builders this Fall, for Christmas. What do you think of the proposed cover? I especially loved the bug, scientist, and Mary making diapers out of underwear. Hopefully that won't offend too many.... Any suggestions? Anything you love? loathe? Of course, without reading the …
Read through without groaning. I can’t. I was wondering, why would a single, white gal from the states move to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? It’s dangerous. It’s hot. It stinks. You take one-step off the plane and you groan. That’s the reason. In Mk 7:31-37 Jesus is moved by a mans suffering, …
I started youth ministry at Camp Peniel. From there I went to church ministry. I still remember wondering what I had gotten into when someone in my first church gave me an article on the horrors of listening to Amy Grant. Where do you go with that? Fairly early on in church ministry I met …
I had this published four years ago in Christianity Today - Leadership Journal. I think it's been long enough they are good with me putting it on my blog. DEAR GOD, GIVE ME A MEGA-MINISTRY WHEN I BURN OUT It isn’t fair. Bill Hybels burnt out. He wrote, “The rate at which I was doing …
The older I get in ministry, the less work it is, and the more of a privilege it becomes. I remember my biggest dread when I started church ministry in 1985. Hospital visits. That’s partly because on my first visit I walked into the wrong room. And, I still have to keep my eyes off …
Sometimes I take a break from Facebook for a while, then go back on and wonder, "Why have I been off for so long?" I enjoy the updates, pictures of kids and grandkids, and learning really useful stuff like, "The Best Cars for Under $100,000 That Can Hit 200mph." And then I read some posts …
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