Affirmation
Sam Crabtree's Practicing Affirmation is excellent. He argues that the normal drift of our lives pushes us toward correction and criticism and away from encouragement…
Winsome debate
When I was a wrestler, we were required to shake hands with our opponents before and after every match. I'm praying for a hearty remnant…
Palm Sunday
Yesterday Christians celebrated Palm Sunday. This is beginning of our annual Holy Week. We spend this week contemplating the Life of Christ the week he…
Wedding
Today I have the profound privilege of joining a bride and groom in Holy Matrimony. When I took this pastoral role in this college town--it…
Past, present, future
"When I was called to be president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I had never served as a professor, a dean, or a vice…
Anticlimax
anticlimax noun a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events Saturday nights are special at our house. We upgrade the meal, pull out the table cloth and…
“Don’t be hasty”
My children love Treebeard from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He's an ancient tree who walks and talks. When he rescues two hobbits,…
Adoration
"The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration."J.I. Packer My kids laugh at my jokes. Nobody's told them, yet, that…
No TV
My grandparents owned a television. It was too small. The picture was usually fuzzy--a problem no contorting of the rabbit ears could completely resolve. It…
Grand highway
I wrote here about my surprising journey into Church History. That post also relays C.S. Lewis's thoughts on the importance of reading the past in…