At some point during this pandemic my wife and I became aware of people who had contracted the Coronavirus and were in hospitals unable to have loved ones near them because of hospital policy. Some of these people, on ventilators and sicker than they had ever been in their lives,… Continue reading
Are you a doer or a be-er? Without doubt you are both, but usually one or the other dominates in a person. Doers get things done. If we want something done, we call on doers. As a pastor I learned quickly that fellowship meals, decorating the church, budget programs, building… Continue reading
In contemporary society our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in “muchness” and “manyness,” he will rest satisfied. Psychiatrist Carl Jung once remarked, “Hurry is not OF the Devil; it IS the Devil.” (Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline) As… Continue reading
