The Second Mile
Have you ever been asked to help a friend out, or a friend of a friend who needs help moving, and as you pull up in the parking lot you get a text from your friend who says he can’t make it after all, but you go up anyway, even though you’re the only one that came to help, and they live on the third floor of an apartment building, and their couch transforms into a Hummer, and it takes three hours longer than you’d thought? That’s going the second mile.
read moreHello, Spring. Are You There?
All winter long I complain about the cold, and all summer long I’ll complain about the heat. But I always look forward to spring. Driving in to work today the weatherman said it’s officially the first day of spring. But then he said the temperature was 34 degrees. The first day of spring? I’ll believe it when I see it.
read moreHospitality is More than Food
It was great having friends over Sunday afternoon for a late lunch after church. My wife and I both enjoy showing the gift of hospitality. And hospitality of course means food. And it means opening up our home to our guests. In our disconnected world, even in the church, taking the time for that personal connection can mean so much. But is that the only way we can show hospitality?
read moreSpecial Delivery
In our post-modern society, day by day the odds increase that the people we come in contact with don’t regularly interact with Christians. There’s a very real possibility you and I might be the only real Christian someone comes in contact with today, or this week, or this month. That’s a huge responsibility. And it’s a huge opportunity.
read moreUnder the Bridge
Last night my wife and I went into downtown Nashville for a Tuesday night church service under the Jefferson Street bridge with the homeless. This is a weekly outreach that provides a hot meal, worship, a message, groceries and other items the homeless are in need of. The Bridge Ministry has been doing this every Tuesday night since 2004.
read more4 Trillion Blogs And Counting… Here’s One More
There are approximately two million bloggers out there who have each written about ten thousand more blog entries than I have (I know – I Googled it). So what does this say about me?
read moreHe Who Finds a Wife Finds a Good Thing
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22, NKJV).
In the beginning as God created the heavens and the earth, day by day he looked at what he had made and declared it to be good. But it was not good that man was alone. Man was made in God’s image, but he was alone, and it was not good.
read moreAsking The Right Question
Often when I find myself asking, “God, why am I going through this?” what I’m really saying is, “This isn’t fair, and I shouldn’t have to be going through this!”
Am I the only one?
read moreGod’s Heart for Adoption
This will come as no surprise to those of you who are supporters of adoption, but God loves adoption! Somehow in all my years as a Christian I never really understood God’s heart for adoption until this last year.
read moreIn Due Season
Recently I was praying for a miracle when I felt that God showed me a picture of a field ready for a harvest. And I learned that healing sometimes is a process that yields her fruit in due season.
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