How do you feel about being served? Some people really struggle with it, like Peter did when Jesus started to wash his feet. It’s awkward. It offends our pride. In many ways, we’d prefer to be the one serving. But at bottom, being a Christian requires a recognition of our deep need, an admission of […]
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FOR the Pastor
I have a friend, a long-time pastor here in Illinois, who occasionally calls me just to check in. We catch up on each other’s lives, and he often asks a thought-provoking question such as “What are you excited about these days?” or “What do you see out there that’s really working?” The call always lifts […]
16,514 reasons to be grateful
Editor’s note: October is Cooperative Program Emphasis Month in the Southern Baptist Convention. I tried to think about the very first time I benefitted from gifts to the Cooperative Program. The best I can calculate, it’s been 16,514 days. I attended my first WMU missions camp sponsored by my Baptist state convention more than 45 […]
‘Move’: How my Bible study ‘word of the year’ changed everything
Every one of us at one point has likely prayed, “Lord please move or move me.” It might be the Monday morning prayer of many a pastor. I am encouraged by what Job said, “The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger” (Job 17:9). If anyone could say that, […]
My rooftop vision
If seasons had titles, this one would be “the summer of new roofs.” Hailstorms on consecutive Sundays last spring gave way to early morning hammering across our neighborhood this summer, as home after home received a brand-new roof. We hadn’t given much thought to the hail or its fallout until we started seeing the “approved” […]
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