Each year on their country’s Independence Day, people in the villages of Indonesia take part in a tradition known as Panjat Pinang. Nut Trees, which tend to grow straight and tall, are cut...
In the middle of his discussion of spiritual gifts, Paul seems to change the subject with a digression on love. But what appears at first to be an interruption is, in fact, the...
As we have seen several times during our study of 1 Corinthians 12, the church in Corinth was in a mess because of the misuse of spiritual gifts. Christians who experienced certain gifts,...
Rosie, the matriarch of our little country church, scooted through the crowd and down the center aisle to find me before the postlude even began. ...
The third of three articles on the importance of management."The most important thing you'll ever do is management," I told the students...
In his book The Juggling Act: Bringing Balance to Your Faith, Family, and Work, Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President and General Manager...
I don’t know if there is a name for this in-between time. ...
I love you as much as all the stars in the sky.
After the Apostle Paul left the church he had founded in Corinth, the believers there began to experience the power by the Holy Spirit working in and through them. Some of the Corinthian Christians...
Worship crankiness. As a pastor, I've dealt with it for years. As a worshiper, I struggle with it.What is worship crankiness? It's...
In 1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Paul explains that the Holy Spirit gives a wide variety of gifts. In the next section, he lists...
“Silver one!” she yelled, punching me in the arm from the passenger seat. ...
Louis Upkins, Jr., likes to catch people off guard by saying, "I sleep with my most important...
When I was Senior Pastor of Irvine Presbyterian Church, a woman I'll call Lucy came to see me because she was worried...
The second of three articles on the importance of management. Don't miss part one, Embrace the Boring Stepchild of Leadership!Remember the song...
I spent a good part of my career as a strategy consultant.
What are we really working for? More stuff? A bigger house? A savings fund that will secure an early retirement?While none of these things are bad in and of themselves (and we all...
When I was a teenager, I began to hear a lot about the Holy Spirit. Some of what I heard encouraged me, such as the claim that I could experience the power of...
The first problem of communication is getting people’s attention, the brothers Heath tell us in our second chapter of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Last week we learned...
As a pastor for more than twenty years, I have "called people to worship" dozens, if not hundreds, of times. As the first action in a worship service, I would stand up before...
