Life of purpose

Sorry it’s been a while since I posted.  It’s the end of the school year and I’m a little  burned out.  Please pray for me! I hope some of my students, current and former, will consider the example of Paul Lim: Read this excerpt by Susan Olasky here.  (The full article requires subscription to World—a [...]

13 Tony Nominations?

I just discovered that “In the Heights” is also the name of a play. Well, if they ever sue me, I suppose they must have had the name first. But, for the record, there is no connection between my blog and the play. =)

An Autobiography in Five Short Paragraphs

I love this!  Though impossible without the Lord.  And I wish I could practice this more.  So often I get stuck at #2. An Autobiography in Five Short Paragraphs By Portia Nelson 1. I walk down the street.  There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.  I fall in.  I am lost.  I am helpless.  [...]

Man after God’s own heart

My pastor preached on Psalm 23 this weekend, and I was reminded how David is referred to as a “man after God’s own heart.” Yes, David, the murderer and adulterer, the rich man who stole the lamb of the poor man. How does such a sinner get such an exalted title? Because the title is [...]

This is how it starts…

College Suspends Administrator for Op-Ed on Homosexuals An admin in the Human Resources Department at the University of Toledo has been suspended because she, on her own time acting as a private citizen, wrote an op-ed piece regarding homosexuality. As an African-American woman, she was taking exception to treating those who embrace the homosexual lifestyle [...]

My brother-in-law on TV!

My brother-in-law’s kidney donation to his pastor (and the pastor’s wife’s lung cancer) made the news. Watch here. Word on the street is that they are being contacted by national talk shows. Stay tuned!

Conservatives: Happier than liberals?

Read this. It’s obvious that there is a background assumption at work here: conservatives may be happier, but it’s only because they live in denial-induced ignorant bliss, selfishly ignoring the plight of those less fortunate. When I was a young man, I was a liberal. Why? I thought that the liberals were the compassionate ones-those [...]

Matt’s surgery

Things look good! For updates, check here.

Advice to the new (or old) believer, pt. 3

Part 3 in a series… (Here is part 1 and part 2) Hearing God’s Voice The first time I heard God’s voice distinctly was during my prayer regarding the rocking chair as detailed in my testimony. Note: when I (or most others who talk or write about this) talk about hearing God’s voice, we don’t mean [...]

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