Wise is the person who builds in time and mental space for reflection and review of the year past, and planning (and maybe even a little dreaming) for the year ahead. Culturally, we have this thing about New Year’s and resolutions, and if that works for you and makes sense for you, great. It’s a…
Month: September 2020
Perseverance
Perseverance. According to Merriam-Webster, perseverance is the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. According to the New City Catechism (question 39), it should also characterize our prayer life, and that might be the single most convicting thing about prayer I’ve ever heard. Even more so than the exhortation in…
Recent Reads, Volume X
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… A Higher Call (Adam Makos) – The WWII account of a US bomber pilot, and…
Small Groups, Take 2
I’ve written before about why I believe small group Bible studies are important and some of the benefits to be reaped by participating therein. This year, though, as another semester of study begins, it seems especially important to revisit those things, and offer a bit of encouragement as we begin again. You can read my…
Deliverance
Anyone else in the middle of less than pleasant circumstances? Yeah, yeah, I know – global pandemic, major election cycle, hurricanes, economic uncertainty, protests against racial injustice, plus whatever trials you may be facing in your personal life – all perfectly normal, and not worth mentioning as unpleasant, right? (That’s tongue-in-cheek, to be clear.) Anyone…