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Why I Love Pumpkin Patch Time (!)
We’re not into the ghosts and goblins and, you know, evil-worship-creepy stuff that some people enjoy and celebrate this month. But we LOVE Pumpkin’ Patch Time! And here are just a few reasons why …
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Prayer and the True Woman Conferences
Loved this post from Tim Challies on prayer and the True Woman Conferences: Prayer Warriors And am thoroughly enjoying Carolyn McCulley’s updates from the conference on FaceBook too. (As a former, kinda proud, “shun FaceBook” person, I really appreciate things like that.)
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Please Pray for the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism
If you are not yet familiar with (and praying for!) the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism, I hope that you will consider clicking through to their website, learning about their (astounding and yet necessary) goals, and then praying for all of the participants, expositors, and presenters. A dear friend of mine is serving during one of the main plenary sessions, so I have been praying for Lausanne for months now. And this morning, I learned that Ken Sande and Manfred Kohl will also be attending and serving, so now I am praying specifically for them too. I hope you will join me in lifting up the thousands of Christians…
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Ed Welch: “I Can Help You in Six Words.”
I have to admit, when I first started this article (I Can Help You in Six Words), all I could think about was that old t.v. show, Name That Tune. Do you remember it? “I can name that tune in 3 notes!” “Well, I can name that tune in 2 notes!” “I can help you in SIX words!” “Well, can help you in FIVE words.” But even as I inwardly chuckled at my 1970’s memory, I knew I was in for a great read because a) Ed Welch is a great man and a great author (still currently my favorite contemporary author even though Kevin DeYoung is gaining on him…
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Extending That Same Grace to Others and Ourselves
Oh, what a joy it was to me to serve these dear, beloved women this weekend in Utah! A true privilege and I did my best to serve well—but of course I lost my train of thought more than once. (Is that an over-40 thing? A tired momma thing? Or have I always done that / is it just a Tara thing? Hmmmm ….) One of the teaching points I wish I had stuck closer to my speaker notes on and taught better was how important it is to understand the differences between justification and sanctification. So just to refresh myself, and also to serve any of my new friends…
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Rykens on Men, Women and Marriage
Many thanks to Justin Taylor for posting these great links. I’ve only listened to one of them, but I’m looking forward streaming them all just as soon as I have the time: The Rykens on Men, Women and Marriage The one I listened to is entitled, “The first twenty years are the hardest.” Apparently, Dr. Ryken’s mother used to tell them as they were newlyweds, “The first year is the hardest.” Then, the next year, she told them, “The second year is the hardest.” And at their twentieth anniversary celebration, she told them, “The first twenty years are the hardest.” What she meant was, “Relationships are hard work. Marriage takes…
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Sometimes Even Bloggers Can Be Gracious (Hooray!)
I taught 2 Timothy 2:24-25 to my students this past Tuesday (and encouraged them to memorize it and live it out): “And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth …” And then in our (3 hour!) call yesterday, Cap’n Dave was en fuego re: redeeming church conflicts, and in particular this idea of not being quarrelsome, but instead being kind, patiently enduring, gently correcting. So imagine my pleasure at seeing this exchange from two bloggers that I read (and enjoy) daily: A…
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Like “Give a Mouse a Cookie” for Frequent Flyers
Fred’s reflection on my morning: “Man! It’s like give a mouse a cookie for frequent flyers!” This in response to my explanation as to why I wasn’t yet engaged in my other duties: – I went to take my vitamins but the box was empty so I went to fill it – But then I thought that I might as well fill my travel vitamin box for this weekend in Utah – ‘Course, when I opened my rollaboard to get out my travel box, I thought I might as well fill my protein bars, vitamin water packets, and almonds too – And if I’m taking the time to do…
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If the latter be true, we will be winsome …
Uh oh. November 2nd is looming. That means POLITICS and political discussions (arguments / FIGHTS) for many people. Time to re-read Roger Nicole’s “Polemic Theology” (What do I owe the person who differs from me?) and also re-listen to Tim Keller’s Arguing About Politics. Let me tempt you with just a snippet from Dr. Nicole’s article (emphases added): “Perhaps the most important consideration for the Christian is to remain aware at all times of the goal to be achieved. It is the consistent perception of this goal that will give a basic orientation to the whole discussion: Are we attempting to win an argument in order to manifest our own…
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New International Site for Peacemaker Ministries (and Spanish Site too!)
Hooray for the new international Peacemaker Ministries website: Global Access to Peacemaker Ministries And don’t forget they have a Spanish version of their main site too: El Ministerio de Pacificadores (Supported by the world’s cutest webmaster, Fred Barthel. 🙂 )
