The way in which we live our lives makes it terribly difficult to “get lost” in Jesus. It takes very little to throw us off track. One misstep or one unexpected kink in the plans and things can spiral out of control.
The American way of life, in particular, simply isn’t conducive to it. I’m frustrated. [...]
Posted in Christian Life, Journal on Dec 30th, 2009
This morning Tisha and I sat in on a bible class on parenting. It consisted of a video where a man presented material based on the story of the prodigal son. It was well done.
Earlier this year, I read Henri Nouwen’s book on the prodigal story. I couldn’t help but reflect upon how I was [...]
Posted in Parenting on Dec 27th, 2009
Am sitting in the computer station drinking a Venti Pike Place from Starbucks at the Lubbock airport, waiting for my 6:30 PM (CST) flight to Houston Hobby. The funeral this morning went really well. We got the graveside service in, too, before the weather really got bad. It was starting to sleet as we left [...]
Posted in Journal on Dec 23rd, 2009
Yesterday, my friend Alva Carter Jr. went way out of his way to be bestow great grace. I was right. God is up to something around here. I cannot afford to not be part of it. Later, after meeting with the Baileys about the Wednesday funeral, Fred and Delores Eichenberger invited me over for dinner [...]
Posted in Journal on Dec 22nd, 2009
I just posted an announcement about my desire to journal in an effort to find the fulfillment of Colossians 3:3. I think I’m going to entitle this “The Get Lost Project.” Yes. I like that a lot.
The time frame on this project is 2010, but I’m going to try to hit the ground running by [...]
Posted in Journal on Dec 21st, 2009
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