There is a sense today in church leadership that the pastor must be the dictator to be viewed as possessing strong leadership—If not in charge, he is viewed by some as ineffective, weak, and disrespected— He is either the authoritarian with the big stick guilting his flock into doing what Read more…
A Widow’s big hurt In thinking about Mother’s Day this year, a couple of realities have collided in me. First, there is the realization that my own mother is absent from my world, as is my wife’s mother, and while accepted, it remains a huge black-hole in our lives. And Read more…
Dear member of God’s family, 2 Samuel 9 is a favorite chapter of mine, partly because of the relationship on display and in part because of its deeper significance in our lives. Bound up in the glories of David’s consolidated Kingdom, where finally everything is going David’s way, he has Read more…
Something remarkable happened the other night, and I had nothing to do with it. After a great discussion from II Samuel 8 on the multitude of wars and the “Just war theory” from Augustine, we gave ourselves to prayer. When we finished I was privy to a remarkable moment when Read more…
Earlier this week, we found ourselves in Amish country. Now for me, one not given to flea markets, Shipshewana has never been that must-see destination that so many crave. I probably don’t need the home cooked family style cooking, and I resent having to drive “cautiously” slow behind all those Read more…
