You know how teenage boys are. You say “You need a haircut,” and they say “Aw, Mom.” You say “Those pants are getting raggedy,” and they say “No, they’re fine.”…
Delighted to Obey
Category: Christianity
Can We at Least Manifest Contentment?
Contentment: “Feeling or manifesting satisfaction with one’s possessions, status, or situation.” In that definition, the “manifesting” jumped out at me. We don’t always feel content, but what if we manifested contentment? Wouldn’t…
Keep Playing Defense
March 14, 2018, wrapped up another great college basketball season! University of Cincinnati has always been known for defense. But this year much notice was given to the fact that…
Why People Have Left the Church
There are lots of surveys evaluating why people have left the church. I’d like to offer three suggestions: 1—Ministers encouraged it. Over the last decade-plus, as emergent church leaders’ hate-the-church…
Tiny Witness
Christians sometimes fear they don’t know enough to evangelize/witness to someone. But we can always start with what we do know. When we were living in Japan, I happened to…