Jan 23, 2012 | Quotes
On a blustery October night in a church outside Minneapolis, several hundred believers had gathered for a three-day seminar. I began with a one hour presentation of the gospel of grace and the reality of salvation. Using Scripture, story, symbolism, and personal...
Jan 22, 2012 | Life
For years I’ve been seeing references to Brennan Manning and his book The Ragamuffin Gospel. But… for some reason I never got around to reading it. So many books, so little time. When Borders was closing, I still had a big gift card to use up, so I went...
Jan 21, 2012 | Life
Today was a golden opportunity to have a productive day indoors. What did I do with that opportunity? I blew it. I was up in the night for no good reason, so I slept late, was slow getting going, and then surfed online while listening to the radio show. Then I needed...
Jan 20, 2012 | Life
It started this way: I saw an article on one of my LinkedIn newsletters talking about how to use Pinterest for your non-profit organization. I have seen references to Pinterest on friends’ Facebook statuses, mostly saying how addicting it is, so I was curious....
Jan 19, 2012 | Life
I found out that friends, dear friends of many years, are leaving our church. It feels like a death. I know God has his reasons and can bring good out of things that break our hearts, but it still feels like death.
