One of my favorite seminary professors was Dr. Randy Stinson.  I’ve told you before how influential he was in shaping my thoughts on adoption, and I thought that I would share one of his recent posts on the feminization of men.  He is right on target when it comes to the importance of men acting [...]

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day, and he asked, “How is the church business going?” It sounds odd to place the words “church” and “business” together in the same sentence, doesn’t it? At first, I was taken aback, almost offended, that he would equate the two. I [...]

I like this little application. You can enter in a website or RSS feed, and it will create a visual “word cloud” of the words that are used most often. I haven’t been blogging for long, but this gives you an idea of what I blog about:

I got an email from somebody yesterday, and I think it would be helpful for me to post this.  Let me know what you think, and if you have anything that I should have added.  Do you agree with my response?  Why or why not?
In order to not reveal names, I’ll summarize the email.  This [...]

Have you ever heard somebody say that they can’t help getting angry? What about, “I just worry?” How about, “I can’t help it…I just get fearful when…” What are emotions? Wickipedia lists some. Here’s what they say (click here for more information from Wikipedia):
Distress-is an irrational contraction or a fresh [...]

I like to hear people’s life stories.  What has led you them to where they are now?  I love to hear how God’s been all about that person’s redemption.  From the good to the bad, from the neat to the messy, from the easy to the difficult, God has been using people and situations to [...]

At the church where I’m on staff, we’re getting ready to kick off our Fall launch of community groups.  We’ve placed a high priority on relationships here, and believe that life change happens in the context of relationships.  Tim Lane and Paul Tripp say it well, “Individual change and growth in grace…is not simply an [...]

I really have a heart for adoption.  Neither me nor my wife were adopted, but I think that our desire to adopt stems from a discussion that we had in one of our seminary classes had.  Dr. Randy Stinson was the professor, and he challenged us to adopt, from a theological standpoint.  We were talking [...]

Have you ever seen this sign?
 
It’s in the middle of the summer here now, so I don’t worry about frozen bridges.  In Tennessee, if a bridge freezes over in June, something is really wrong.  These warning signs are posted right before many of the bridges between my home and Nashville, and I pass them without a [...]