Blog Archives: June 2010
Sabbatical Blog #2
June 23, 2010
On Sunday, our family worshiped at a little chapel built in the late 1800's in the middle of Yosemite Valley. In spite of the thousands of people visiting the park on Sunday, there was only a handful of us in attendance at this Father's Day service. It made me think of my last sermon's consideration of how tempting it is, while we are on vacation, to let Sunday worship slide. But given the incomparable beauty of this place, the thought of missing out on the opportunity to join with God's people in singing praise to Him was inconceivable. ...
Sabbatical Blog #1
June 17, 2010
Day one of my sabbatical is completed and book one of my sabbatical, Jerry Bridges' The Fruitful Life, is completed. At least as of day one I had not yet fallen behind in my reading!!!
I say this somewhat tongue-in-cheek, for I must remind myself that this time is not about crossing book titles off my reading list. The fact that I have a list of books and a certain amount of pages I need to read each day could easily cause me to slip into 'git'r done" mode. Being task oriented can be a blessing at times, but it can also be a curse. But ...
Hospitality (June Article)
June 01, 2010
What do you think of when you see the word hospitality? Maybe an article out of Better Homes and Gardens? Or maybe a picture of an apron-clad mother on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post? Whatever you think of, I am guessing you do not automatically associate hospitality with spirituality.
However, author Alexander Strauch gets it right when he says, "I don't think most Christians today understand how essential hospitality is to fanning the flames of love and strengthening the Christian family.... Brotherly love entails intimate ...
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