We celebrated Zachary’s 5th birthday today. The big ’05’–Happy Birthday Zack!
The Preacher As Servant of the Word
It’s been a long week. It’s Saturday night. I just finished studying for tomorrow’s services. I’d usually like to be ready before now but an eye problem took me to the doctor today, then I couldn’t get the van started, someone called and wanted to see the truck we’re selling, we had a little birthday […]
Link Spots – 2/1/06
I know you all can’t wait to get my pick for Sunday’s Super Bowl. STEELERS it is. Had them picked early in the season–even over the unbeaten Colts. May be just wishful thinking on my part but it seems like its time for the Steelers. We’ll see. No Super Bowl party for us instead of […]
Mark that book
I was just speaking last night to someone at church about highlighting and writing in my own books as I read them. Today I find that Mortimer J. Adler has written a thoughtful piece on why you should. (from Between Two Worlds) Update: Al Mohler shares Some Thoughts on the Reading of Books that mentions […]
Keep preaching
As a pastor I’ve found great encouragement from Charles Spurgeon. Preaching pastors–those who truly wish to preach God’s Word–those who would devote themselves to the work of preaching when it seems the world around them has better ideas for giving direction to the church and reaching the lost than with preaching–should find great encouragement in […]
Here’s a resolution
Don’t Waste Your Life! I read Piper’s book by the same title earlier this year and highly recommend it. Doug McHone suggests that listening to John Piper’s sermon, Boasting Only in the Cross, will “[put] a whole new spin on New Year’s resolutions.” In the message Piper hits on the same theme you’ll find in […]
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from our family to yours. We had a worship filled service this Christmas morning with our church family. It was great being together. Here’s the tree in our living room today right before we shared presents with the children.
Using del.icio.us effectively
I’ve been using the social bookmark manager del.icio.us for a long time now and don’t know how I’d keep track of my bookmarks as efficiently without it. If you aren’t using del.icio.us yet or aren’t using it much, slackermanager.com has a good piece today on “The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users“.