Commitment – Hard Work – Belief
even the most difficult challenges are potentially achievable so long as we have the following three things in play. Commitment. Hard work. Belief.
How to Write a Novel
this new book is going to be much longer (300-400 pages), a lot deeper and richer (more literary in style), and far more grown up in tone.
how to have a God-sighting every day
Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day…
Beyond “Recreational” Christianity
Discipleship is a choice, and mostly it's tens, scores, hundreds, and thousands of small choices, moment by moment, every single day
My Utmost For His Highest redux
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes…
parenting, the long view – “my times are in your hand”
But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand… – Psalm 31:14-15 ADVENTURE! Life is an amazing experience! Looking back over the past few decades – especially since Rebekah and I found each other, and moved into the our future as a committed partnership – this…
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“Set your hearts first on God’s Kingdom…”
“Set your hearts first on God’s Kingdom and on his righteousness, and all these other things will be given you as well.” Matthew 6:33 Today, at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, it is “Commitment Sunday.” It’s the day when Rebekah and I have the privilege of walking to the communion table together, turning in our pledge…
encouragement, joy, and love – “Rally Day” 2015
That's what Rally Day means at WFPC; it means that we are choosing to bring our collective enthusiasm for the Gospel together, under the banner of Jesus, and that we are moving forward in joy!
36 and counting – the adventure continues!
we stood in front of a crowd of people and promised to cling together through all the astonishing, wild, beautiful, unimagined, love-saturated, difficult, breathtaking, heartrending, wondrous, extraordinary days, months, and years to come.
golf, complete commitment, faith, and going purple
Yesterday’s post turned out to be an interesting phenomenon. Most visitors were able to read the title, see the picture of tonight’s “Presidential Debate” participants, and still understand that the post wasn’t about Republicans, or about Democrats, or partizan, but was designed to encourage all of us to think about how we engage the political process. But the…
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