“Stay in your lane!” This is what I said (to my windshield) the other day while driving on our local interstate. I was following someone who constantly drifted from lane to lane. Besides being dangerous, it was just plain frustrating. Drifting or unintentional lane changing are just unacceptable in a variety of activities. Here are a few of them: Stay…
Welcome to Issue #3 of "Too Good to Keep to Myself..." Like you, I never want to stop learning or growing. One of my mentors once told me, Mike, when you stop learning and growing, read the obituaries, because you are dead and don't know it! It has been sound advice motivating me to this day. One of the ways I do…
“I’ve always been drawn to hands. I think it’s because it’s the way we touch people,” wrote Rachel Joy Scott in her journal. “If one person could go out of their way to show compassion, it could start a chain reaction.” Based on her honest and heartfelt journals, this hope-filled story reminds us that when we put our lives in…
She was just 15. The stray bullet was not meant for her. The news commentator said she was a victim--Caught in the Crossfire, but Trinity was still dead. Trinity’s high profile death exposes a larger epidemic that youth face globally--a fear for their own safety. Students are Caught in a Crossfire of Fear--and not just from a hail of bullets.…
I am often asked for reading list recommendations on topics such as leadership, personal growth and student ministry. I plan to share these lists in future blogs. But for now… I wanted to get a little head start on the usual end of year list idea with my “Eight Month Top 10 List.” (These are in no particular order.) The…
My blog last week addressed some serious concerns relative to girls. This guest blog by my wife Betsi provides some excellent direction concerning the discipleship of young women. Betsi is well qualified in the area of discipleship as she practices 2 Timothy 2:2 effectively and consistently. She has introduced to Christ and discipled more girls/women than I can count so…
“Send me a man to fight!” was the cry from the valley of Elah by the Philistine warrior Goliath. Saul had the opportunity to save countless thousands of his men from slaughter if he would fight for them - serve as their Protector. This was a common practice for armies in those days and soldiers knew how good leaders performed…
Where did we come from? Did we evolve through time or were we created? How old is the earth? What really happened to the dinosaurs? Have you ever asked yourself these questions or know someone who has? These topics have been debated for years and continue to be volatile in our society. However, there are definitive answers to these questions;…
I have an unwritten rule about the length of my blog. I established this several years ago when I began blogging after months of research. I decided the right amount of words were somewhere around 400 and should not exceed 500. I have not always adhered to this rule but if you are bored you can go back and count.…
This is a guest post by my friend Alex McFarland. I would encourage you to read the post and highly encourage you to attend the Truth For A New Generation Conference…WOL will be there! More than 100 Egyptian churches attacked or burned to the ground. Nigeria’s Christians slaughtered by the dozens. Saudi Arabia bans Bibles and Christian literature. An American…