I am writing this blog from Managua, Nicaragua. I have had the privilege of spending a few days with an amazing and gifted family who have a heart and passion to bring life change to the people they serve. Managua shows all the signs of cultural changes that many in...
Too Soon To Quit
It's too hard. I'm too tired. I've tried and it just doesn't work. No matter what I do it always ends the same way. Why bother anymore? I'm sure that God is too busy to listen to my prayers. These sound familiar? They do to me, mainly because I have used them myself...
Vimy Ridge – April 9, 1917
''WHOSE DEBTORS WE ARE" With generous hands they paid the price, Unconscious of the cost; But we must gauge the sacrifice By all that they have lost. The joy of young, adventurous ways, Of keen and undimmed sight; The eager tramp through sunny days. The dreamless...
Prayer For Government
"Let every soul be subject to the governing authority. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God ... therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience sake" (Romans 13:1,5) Frankly, I...
Stand Fast In Prayer
"Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. Then the people fled from the Philistines. But he stationed himself in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the...
Too Busy Not To Pray
There is a saying in management that if you want a job done quickly and efficiently, find a busy person to do it. Or as Henry Ford states, "Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them". Busy people do not try to skirt...
Praying With Results
I am a pragmatist when it comes to the topic of prayer. As I have sought to get a better handle on the workings of prayer, I have wrestled with its very ideas and theories for many years . I have listened and read widely as others theorize, spiritualize, rationalize,...
Downtown Eastside
"The Downtown Eastside (DTES) has long been notorious for poverty, crime and open drug use. But the situation here has never seemed worse, or more frightening. Walking through it Monday morning, I saw more than two dozen women and men sitting or lying on the filthy...
The Unreported Stories
I am a news junkie. I enjoy keeping abreast of the day's events, partly because I have friends around the world. Being aware gives me a better understanding of how to pray and how I might be proactive in my support of them. My favorite journalist is Rex Murphy. I...
Manage Thyself
Financial management, time management, pain management, health management, relationship management. There are so many management areas offered to us that they seem to go on and on, almost ad nauseum. There is always someone who seems to have a handle on how you can...
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