Who Loves Unconditionally?
There is an ad I have been hearing on the radio about experiencing unconditional love. Turns out it’s ad about having pets. The point is well taken — pets do tend to love us in spite of ourselves. I...
View ArticlePersonal-Life Leadership Questions
For the Reflective Reading on the back of our church bulletin last Sunday I listed 7 ‘self-diagnostic’ questions I need to keep asking myself as a leader. To the end that we all fulfill God’s calling...
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Right Rules for Living
I have been thinking about what a good friend of mine, Randy Hurst, calls “Jim Bradford’s Frustrating, Impossible but Right Rules for Living.” He heard me talk about them in a sermon from 2nd Timothy...
View ArticleThe Scandal of Joy to the World
Over this past Thanksgiving weekend I was looking through the most recent issue of Christianity Today. On their ‘Where We Stand’ page the editors quote G. K. Chesterton when he claimed that a person is...
View ArticleTwenty-Ten Leadership
Welcome to Twenty-Ten! As today we begin our first full work week of the new year here are some ministry leadership axioms that I have been trying to embrace these past few years: 1. Pray hard and have...
View ArticleDreamers, Thinkers and Doers
A friend of mine, who lives in the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver, Canada) has for years been highly involved as a Pentecostal layman in the ministry of The Salvation Army. He once gave me...
View ArticleMy Dad and Volunteer Ministry
It’s Father’s Day morning as I write and, not being a pastor any more, I am waiting to ‘go to church.’ Although I am looking forward to it, I am still getting used to not being in pastor mode anymore....
View ArticleSovereign, Surprising Seasons
I have been watching a documentary on the life of Winston Churchill, lent to me by a fellow Churchill admirer, Randy Hurst. We both agree that Churchill may have been one of the greatest political...
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Cowards into Brave Men
Winston Churchill was possibly the greatest political leader of the 20th century, a modern day Cyrus of sorts. He loved the hymns of the Church of England and professed a belief in Christianity,...
View ArticleThe Seen and the Unseen
A few weeks ago I stood with my mother at Dad’s grave in the city of Winnipeg, Canada. It was the first time I had been back since we buried him there six years ago. My Mom, 83, is still quite active....
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