Thy Grace is Sufficient

Julie and her family Those faithful who have stopped by this blog in the past, have heard about my friend Julie, who continues to battle can...

A good man from one-half way around the world, living out the gospel in his vocation, offers these great guidelines for blogging from a Chri...

Recently I heard a series of messages given by Dr. Mark Labberton of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. All credit here goes to Dr. Labb...

Strangers in a Strange Land by James B. Janknegt's Recently I heard a series of messages given by Dr. Mark Labberton of First Presbyteri...

Blog, blog, bloggity blog. This has been an interesting journey of Blogging thus far for me. I spend far less time watching the Food Network...

Oh look, the perfect family at the Perfect Church! You might recall I have been thinking recently about the concept of "The Perfect Ch...

My daughter says I never do anything productive at work. What does she know!? Here I am, today, discovering that it is not good to pour coff...

As a kid I loved Bugs Bunny, and I still do. There was one Bugs episode in which the Abominable Snow Man got somehow displaced in Palms Spri...

Ewwwww...... Alright, I confess right here my predominant ignorance of which is the most correct Bible version. However, Mark Roberts has st...

I read this wonderful post tonight , as I finished a busy day of carting girls around Pasadena and surroundings, augmenting their teenage Am...

Looking Around We have several friends who have been church shopping for more than 10 years. Actually, we know lots of people like this. Mos...

I have received a tribute from an old friend that I am not even close to being vaguely worthy of. My old (well, he is not that old) friend ...

Forty days until the Most Remarkable Day in History. Mark Roberts shares meaningful thoughts on Lent here, from which I quote my favorite p...

Baby Back Ribs with Lemon Confit Marinade First off, go here to find a great list of the winners of the first awards for best evangel...

Jamie Oliver has never seen a recipe like ours! In the several weeks I have been blogging, I have been carefully avoiding the largest ...

I submitt this , as a retort to those who say I am humorless, and do not provide sufficient discussion of ways in which to survive percariou...

By the NFL's desire to be more wholesome than apple pie, and by the grace of God, we are delivered from aberrant halftime show drivel th...

I just read a wonderful story about the meek, and their inheritance of the earth . The author is Carolyn Arends (a Canadian - to whom I am p...

This is worthy of reading and reflection. In a world increasingly set upon the idea that "God is dead", our children have much t...

In March of 1956, Winston Church gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri with this remarkable quote: From Stettin in...

From John 15:12 - My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life fo...

Daily Thought from John Stott: Instinctively we know that we cannot box God up in any conceptual framework of our own devising, and that ...

As all seven of you readers know, I have randomly touched here on the concept of a "Dead Church", working from one of my favorite ...

During my lunch hour reading, I came across this piece in today's Wall Street Journal. Humility is something lacking in our cultural lan...

The Berlin Wall - circa 1984. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" I think God had lots to do with it too! Last night , I ...

The early returns are in, and maybe I have it wrong - I just heard a probable 60% voter turn-out on Fox News. Given the fact that one might ...

Tomorrow the people of Iraq will be given, for the first time in far too long, the privilege of voting. In my reading of the Wall Street Jou...

I spotted a wonderful post today on Sidespot about money . This has been something that has possessed far more of my attention than is neces...

Well , the early votes are in, and it looks like Election 2004 with two days to go. We are evenly split at 50% brilliant, and 50% "not ...

Besides being the things listed in the headline of this Blog, I am involved in the ministry of Young Life (YL), a national para-church mini...

I heard a great sermon today - from Philippians 1:12-22 . The premise was - do we want our church to be a Country Club or a Rescue Station (...

Our family spent the evening at the home of some good friends from church tonight. We have know n this couple for more than 15 years, and th...

No sooner do I think and blog, but I get nicely put in my place. Peggy Noonan , one of my favorite writers of the political scene has this e...

Whether all my friends agree or not, this was a very good day for America. For that matter, for the rest of the world, whether France, Germa...

This excerpt from a wonderful C.S. Lewis collection book , is well worth sharing. Back to The Death of the Church soon, I hope. It is alway...

While I tend to avoid politically polarizing debates about issues such as abortion (being a good, middle of the road Presbyterian fellow), t...

Alright, one more thing. I read this in today's Wall Street Journal, great piece, but scary to read. A nice story about a good Presiden...

My post of yesterday regarding the decline of once healthy congregations has been rolling around in my mind. I did sound like a bit of a dow...

Want to read a painfully hip blog that tackles interesting and tough issues in church leadership and culture? Visit "It Takes a Church...

Here is a book that anyone who leads within the church and cares about its future direction should definitely read. Written for the layman,...

My wife and I are believers in Christ. We are also parents of two girls, aged 10 and 13. We are also big proponents of public education. Alt...

From John Stott's daily thought. This, to me is the primary reason so many do not desire to follow Christ, in a nutshell: We must ca...

Do not pay attention to the appraiser behind the curtain! This blog is off to a pathetically slow start, but given some time, persisten...