Are you living like a guinea pig on a wheel?
All of us live as if we’re addicts, just in different ways. Let me give you an example. Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, offers this […]
21
May
2014
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Jesus Christ
08
Apr
2014
Life’s great “must” …
A gray-haired lady, long a member of her community and church, shook hands with the minister one morning after the church service. “That was a wonderful sermon!” […]
10
Feb
2014
Jesus is not a cork …
You’ve probably heard a preacher say, or have read on a social media site, the saying, “We all have a God-shaped hole in our heart that only […]
10
Oct
2013
If you had to choose one — and you do — which would you choose?
In more than three decades of pastoring and clinical counseling, I’ve never had someone come into my office and say something like … “You know those negative […]
09
Oct
2013
Sounds like it’s all about you …
If you took a year’s worth of sermons from many (most?) churches these days and review the contents, it would sound like life is all about you. […]
27
Jul
2013
Above all things …
The new hire orientation for new employees of a large, international corporation was held every Monday on the 20th floor of its corporate headquarters. The CEO loved […]
20
Jul
2013
If you think a golf ball could do some damage …
Golfers — like fishermen — are famous for their rather colorful stories. Like the “big one that got away,” golfers tell of the amazing shot that only […]
20
Jun
2013
Tell them His name!
Talking about a friend of his, Paul Newsham once told a story that relates how the Holy Spirit keeps a testimony in different cultures. A missionary went […]
14
Jun
2013
The Jesus genie …
Yesterday, I read the following tweet posted to Twitter by a pastor: “JESUS IS YOUR ‘WAY’ AHEAD. He is your answer to your troubled situation. He is […]
02
May
2013
A persistent source of joy …
“Awwww, man! The jungle gym bars at my old elementary school are gone 🙁 ” was the post put up on Facebook. It was posted by a […]