I know this may sound morbid, but I was thinking last week about what I wanted on my grave marker. You see, I wanted it to communicate what I felt was important, both as a reflection of my life but also something that would provoke a response from whoever was reading it. As I opened…
If you ever worked in an office environment, one of your favorite comic strips would have been Dilbert. The strip is focused on different characters working in office cubicles with a cruel boss who uses negative reinforcement to get better production and attitudes from his staff. Most of us don’t operate very well under those…
This past weekend, the father of one of our congregation members passed away. It brought back a lot of memories for me as I pondered when my own father passed away almost 12 years ago. Death is a part of life just as much as birth. Pain and sorrow are just as much a part…
Prologue: It’s important to pray for one another – and certainly for those in positions of leadership in the church. God, in ways we don’t always understand fully, chooses to work through the prayers of believer Media: “The Skinny on Prayer” via YouTube. Prayer is not forced, not a list of “things to do,” not…