Delays – Who Needs Them?

Tweet Delays can easily become frustrating; for life is constantly increasing its pace and opening up more choices to us. Children typify this frustration. Though have you considered that asking a five year-old to wait for five minutes is the same as landing a half-hour wait on a thirty year-old? As an employment counsellor, I more »

The Sweet Drink of Repentance

Tweet W. E. Vine’s Dictionary1 says metanoeo literally means to perceive afterwards, hence it signifies to change one’s mind or purpose, and it always involves a change for the better. Bullinger’s Dictionary2 says metanoeo means, “to perceive afterwards, hence, to change one’s mind and purpose. This change is always for the better, and denotes a change of moral thought and reflection; more »

Religion: Resentment or Reconciliation?

Tweet “There can’t be a God when religion causes so many wars!” a new-found friend protested to me. Tragically, religion and wars are linked, yet God’s existence actually triggers his objection. God offers personal security for our stress; and He stimulates us when we are stagnating. Religion offers a structure for faith and worship, and protection against more »

May God By Any Name … Be Praised

Tweet May God By Any Name…Be Praised   I have been neglecting my blog, in part because for the past 13 weeks my time has been spent taking the class “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.” Today it occurred to me to share one of my personal responses from the class as a blog post. more »

The Future of the Global Church ~ Urbana

Tweet The Future of the Global Church         An Interview with Patrick Johnstone         Kurt Bullis Urbana.org spoke with author of the first six editions of Operation World and The Future of the Global Church about the place of North Americans in missions, trends in missions that will affect the next generation of missions workers, more »

Cruise through the Blues with a Longer Fuse!

Tweet The damage from hasty words always lasts longer than those words take to say.  Repair costs – in terms of time, emotional energy and finances – can be considerable, and regrets run deeper when words have been fired without all the facts being present. Though anger is part of our makeup, it is something we more »

Trust me!

Tweet Trust does not mean you know what is happening before it happens nor that you have worked out every detail.   Trust does not mean you have analyzed to the Nth degree what may happen or what may not happen.   None of that is Trust.   Trust is not born out of analysis or more »

Coffee, Anyone?

Tweet Patience is the middle name of a coffee grower. The students at the Bible Institute that our mission established in Medellín, Colombia, supported themselves by coffee picking. The property was well suited for growing the bean that the world loves. Medellín is called The City of Eternal Spring, which pretty much tells you that more »

Ambitious? That’s Okay!

Tweet “Ambitious” is a tag that’s often pinned onto obsessive, one-dimensional high-flyers who consume anyone in their path.   Many non-achievers are just as obsessive about their lack of success. They usually obsess about all the people or forces that block them; avoiding any mention of unclear goals, ineffective methods or their willingness to work. So more »

St. Patrick’s Day

Tweet I’ve never really thought much about St. Patrick’s Day before except to wear green so I don’t get pinched.  Now that I’m working with some younger adults, I hear them talking about going out and partying.   Kathy Schwanke shared a link on FB about the man,  St. Patrick, who this day was originally set more »

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