Radical living in a comfortable world
It's a new year, time to take a fresh look at the focus of this blog. I'd like to solicit your input on two fronts: a) Is this blog working fo...
Comfort and Pain
Breaking comfort addiction in the new year
Happy New Year! I hope your party last night was fun, and even offered you some solace in a world that is looking rougher all the time. Thomas Hobbes...
Leadership
Apply the 80/20 rule to improve your life
It's 2009 tomorrow - time to get to work on those self-help projects! Here's the best one I know - apply the Pareto Principle. The Pareto Principle ...
Missions
Atheist says: 'We need more missionaries'
Just spotted this article by Matthew Parris in the Times Online. It's a great contrarian point of view. Missionaries have done a lot of good and hav...
Amazing God Stories
Looking for Jesus in Disguise (part 3)
Here's a twist, a Christmas story playing out in real time in Eldoret, Kenya. Marisa Banas updates us on what happened when she felt God asking he...
'08 Year-end giving
It's been a wild year financially for many of you. Some of you have taken huge losses in the market or in your real estate holdings. As we approac...
Church
Are megachurches too big?
Dr. Scott Thumma wrote Mega Church Myths.* He answers some of the critiques leveled against them based on a survey he did for his book. It's good fodd...
Spiritual Formation
Awake during a heart transplant operation
One of my favorite things to do is to see God dramatically change a person, transplanting his heart of compassion for their own self-focused heart.�...
Amazing God Stories
Looking for Jesus in Disguise (part 2)
On Christmas we celebrate the magic of the incarnation. In yesterday's blog I asked "what if Jesus returned to earth, once more in disguis...
Amazing God Stories
Finding Jesus in disguise
Jesus came to earth in disguise. In 30 plus years, few recognized him as the son of God. "Who do you say that I am?" He asked. And the answer came...
