Uncle Drew’s Talk on Sex and Marriage-Chosen GR
Drew Spanding has been doing a talks at Chosen for a few years now. I have to say that the talk he gave at Grand Rapids on Saturday was one of his best. I didn’t take notes through the whole thing, but here was a point that has been stuck in my brain since then. [...]
Are We All Hanging on by a Thread?
I was listening to a couple of things tonight. One was the most recent Mars Hill Bible church sermon by a guest teacher Peter Rollins. They are doing a series on Ecclesiastes. However, one of the stories he tells was of somebody person on a train that loses their wallet which has their ticket in [...]
Jeff, why do you care so much about Christchurch?
Back in 1994, I went to the South Pole. For the Antarctic program, the jump off point for McMurdo and South Pole stations is Christchurch, New Zealand. While I pretty much was contained to the south island while I was there, I fell in love with the country. Now, 15+ years later, after passing through [...]
One More Guilt Vs. Grace
I was once again thinking over the guilt vs. grace thing. If you want to read my other posts on guilt vs. grace go to here, here, here, and here. So while I was driving into Gaylord the other day, I was listening to the podcast, Pray-As-You-Go. The verse for the day’s prayer was Mark [...]
My Views on My Family
Watch over those who are entrusted to you, not simply as a duty, but willingly and with gladness of heart, according to God’s will. (1 Peter 5:2) This verse popped up in my RSS feed for devotions. While the context is church, I knew from the time that I married Mary that the kids were a [...]
Stuck in GR
It was a great weekend. The day after the conference we stayed for church at Resurrection Life church where the conference was hosted. The snow was starting just as church was starting. By the end, everything was covered with about an inch. We went to the mall nearby. We all came out to 5 inches [...]
Switching drivers already!
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A New Thorn in My Side
Sometime back in December, I overheard a conversation while the women were baking Christmas treats. A friend of ours had just had a baby, and one remarked how wonderful to watch a life being born. Somewhere in my head, I began to reflect on the things that I wished I could have had experienced, but [...]
Why am I writing on Shame and Grace?
I’m not sure why, but the last couple of months, I have been pulled into thinking about shame, guilt, and grace. Since I work with teens, I know that some of this has come about because of their questions and dramas, and some from other adults. These questions of how do I handle others sin [...]
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