Engaging a Changing Culture with an Unchanging Message
Engaging a Changing Culture with an Unchanging Message It appears that Christians have lost what Ed Stetzer refers to as “the Christian’s home court advantage.” In Stetzer’s post entitled “How We Lead in Times of Cultural Shift,” he names the Christian’s next challenge as a challenge of leadership. How then shall we lead? As our culture shifts, how are Christians to lead? Stetzer’s first suggestion is that Christians “stop fighting for the perception of cultural dominance that...
Read MoreThe Natural World: In Praise of the Creator
The Natural World: In Praise of the Creator Hounded by headlines and deadlines, consumed with meetings and memos, plagued by the issues of the day…what is one to do? I say, take a walk. Pull up a chair on the front porch. And let the Creator apply the balm of nature. “The natural world can offer us more than the means to survive, on the one hand, or mortal risks to be avoided, on the other; it can offer us joy” (Michael McCarthy). Nature is not our god. Nature is certainly not our god,...
Read MoreWho’s at the wheel?
Who’s at the wheel? James Williams’s Sunday essay in The Guardian a few weeks ago begins with an apt metaphor. “Imagine that you’ve just bought a new GPS device for your car. The first time you use it, it works as expected. However, on the second journey, it takes you to an address a few blocks away from where you had wanted to go. On the third trip, you’re shocked when you find yourself miles away from your intended destination, which is now on the opposite side of town....
Read MoreA Grateful Family Heart
A Grateful Family Heart Ever wish your family showed a little more gratitude? You can nurture thankfulness in your family! Why wait until Thanksgiving? Here are few ideas to get your family in the mood for gratitude: Grab a notebook or a journal and label it the Family Gratitude Journal. Leave it on the kitchen table and encourage everyone to join in the thankfulness. To get started, choose a family time (a family meal, a special dessert) to kick off the journal. Be sure everyone...
Read MoreBalcony or Basement: The Way We Speak
Balcony or Basement: The Way We Speak I interact with countless people everyday. Students, parents, colleagues, my own children, my husband, the cashier in the grocery store. And everyday I have a choice to make. Balcony or basement? Will my response lift someone up or pull them down? So many times a day, a look, a smile or frown, or an answer empowers me. I often don’t even realize that what I say and do will affect those around me. Oh, I get the big stuff – the compliment, the insult,...
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A Perfect World… “Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.” (Elisabeth Elliot) When I’m discontent, when I long for more, help me remember that it’s simply part of the wooing. May I not long for the things of this world and...
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