My friend Clay recently did a podcast on a question asked by his son, "How do I know hat God wants me to do?" He asked some other dads and myself, then tied it all together. I wish I had heard this back in 1975 - his content is excellent! You can listen to it …
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My Two Favorite, Opposite, Short Stories
Two stories. One by my mother (on the right at college in the picture). The other by my son. Both well-written, with absolutely nothing else in common – except that they are both great fun to read. I hope you love them too. They would have made one creative writing team. By Mom, Dorothy Cooley …
Christian Bourbon?
This week I got a 100-word email after my sermon that had an 8-word line in it I’d like to memorize. Our sermon topic was Awkward Church, which got this individual thinking. I hope you like his email as much as I did. When I was about 11, we stayed with my grandparents for about …
Surrender, Yes. Sacrifice, No
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 …
Salvation Baby
My sister Janice is writing poems to go into my Bizarre Christmas Bible Story book for 2018. I LOVE this salvation poem... How Can I Get to Heaven? Does it take a village? Does it take an offering? Does it take good deeds like food given to the poor? Does it take religion? Does it …
Wise Men and a Sister
My sister wrote the poem below about the wise men, such a fun kids poem I had to publish it. OH, she is also the girl in the picture, with my brother David and our parents, when they were living in France, before I was. She is a bit older now. So am I. Wise …
Christmas: A Declaration of War
3 Christmas War Quotes from the Advent reading today. At church we gave away the Christianity Today Advent book, this one was written by Russell Moore. Excellent, but you be the judge... He is bringing the story into focus from that first prophecy, when God tells the serpent after Adam and Eve eat the fruit; …
Sure Hope This Is Legal
My friend Cole Holderman is at Stanford - and was published in The Stanford Journal of Public Health for this very personal article on siblings dealing with childhood cancer. It is an amazing combination of good research and personal experience. I downloaded the article, converted it to a word doc, and pasted it below, so …
Heartline’s Hurricane Relief Continues
I've been connected and worked with Heartline Ministries a bit over the last 11 years. A trustworthy organization with a great report of Haiti after Matthew.
Stand 4 Life
I've learned the easiest way to blog is to steal the best blogs on the planet, and re-post them. It's even better when the best blog is written by your daughter. "Once I finally held a positive pregnancy test, I felt elated... but what shocked me, is that I also felt disappointed. We'd tried to …
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