Sometimes, you shouldn’t sing …
Scrolling through my Facebook timeline, this post stopped me: “I want to sing but other patient is in deep sleep.” The person posting this is a young […]
20
May
2014
Category
Kindness
15
Nov
2013
You don’t have to sneak out at night to do this …
Nearly lost to the church in our day is the biblical concept of taking up someone else’s burden: “Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey […]
17
Jul
2013
This is when someone might need you the most …
You don’t have to know me well to know that cold weather and I are not friends. I’ve lived too long in places like Arizona, California, and […]
28
Apr
2013
She looks more like Jesus than she does a winner …
I cringe every time I hear a Christian (especially one considered a “leader”) talk about people being “winners” or “losers.” But it isn’t uncommon. In fact, “winning” […]
09
Sep
2012
It takes just a little …
A story is told (reportedly true) of a man and a teenage boy who checked in to a hotel and were shown to their room. The two […]
08
Jun
2012
Let’s try that again …
We love a second chance! When we’re behind, we love a second chance to rally back. When we’ve made a mistake, we love a second chance to […]
03
Jun
2012
Outsourcing the Way …
One of the toughest challenges church leaders have is that of imploring people to actually live out what they claim they believe. We work hard at discipling […]
21
Aug
2011
What do people see when they look into YOUR eyes?
Today I was reading through a blog post written by a Facebook friend when a sentence jumped out at me: “Every day, little ones look into people’s […]
01
Oct
2010
Without the heart, it’s just an act …
What’s the difference between the upper middle class family who occasionally cleans out their pantry of aging canned goods which they donate to help feed the homeless, […]
19
Jul
2009
The wooden bowl …
Usually everything on this blog site will be my own writing. However, occasionally I come across things so rich or profound I must share them; additionally I […]