Memorial Day Perspective About God and Patriotism, Plus Seven Related Posts
Patriotism and Christian worship is believed by some to have no right being mentioned in the same sentence; though others might consider them very much of the same. I’ve struggled with it for a long time, feeling that we sometimes allow a lines between them to...
The Blessing of Humility by Jerry Bridges – a Book Review
The late Jerry Bridges penned The Blessing of Humility before his death. In this wonderful little book, he details the beatitudes (Matt. 5:3–11) as a series of blessings that point us toward a pattern of humility in action. Tyndale House Publishers provided me with a...
Make Expecting Good Things a Frequent Habit
What do you expect? Are you expecting good things or do you expect everything possible that could go wrong to go wrong? I’m reposting this “classic” 1Glories post that talks a lot about expectations in light of where my mind is today. I hope you...
God’s Ordering of Our Lives to Prepare Us – 7 Posts
Wow. God’s ordering of our lives can be many things. Frightening, exciting, eventful, dull, bland, fun, and a host of other descriptors – but one stands out: everlasting. You see, this month’s topic in the A Year of Listening Up series at 1Glories...
Celebrate Baseball’s Opening Day With These 7 Refining Reads
Today is Opening Day in a few Major League Baseball (MLB) cities and, within a few days, all teams will be in full swing (pun intended) on another great season of America’s National Pastime. Just in case you didn’t already know this about me, I am a...
An Interview with Chuck Livermore of OrdinaryBeliever
I recently met up with fellow blogger, Chuck Livermore. Chuck and his wife Rebecca are the producers of OrdinaryBeliever.com where they use their experience as Christians, writers, content development and more to form relationships with their readers as they produce...
No More Self-Defeat – You Belong on the Field
One of the recurring themes throughout my life is the concept of self-defeat. I share exactly how this manifested throughout my whole life in Listen Up, Kids, so I won’t belabor the point here. I bring it up mostly to introduce the next topic in our Year of...
Long-Term Goals: The New Year in View – Step Three
What are your long-term goals and dreams? That’s a tough question to answer for many of us, but it’s an important one to ask. Why are long-term goals and dreams so important? Well, as the recently departed Yogi Berra is credited with saying, “If you don’t know where...
7 Thought Provoking Thanksgiving Blog Posts
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. With that in mind, many bloggers are posting their thoughts and reflections on the holiday. Most will agree that we should strive to live every day with an attitude of thanks – easier said that done. Several Christian...
Thankful 15. Here’s Mine, What’s Yours?
So Thanksgiving is this week – so we should be thankful. Did ya’ hear? With that in mind, I thought it would be good to compile a list of things I am thankful for. I encourage you to do the same and post it on your blog. Feel free to comment on this post and...