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Thank You, God, for Time with the Lyndes
At just the right time … When it’s needed the most … Real friendship. Safety! Laughter! Fun! Grace upon grace. Thank You, Lord, for the Lyndes.
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How Can You Tell When a Pleasure is a “Stained Pleasure”?
I still think that the old CCEF booklet, “Pleasure” by Dr. David Powlison is one of the best things he has ever written. I review its content often and this morning I thought I’d share just a snippet with you: So how can you tell when a pleasure is a stained pleasure? 1. The pleasure is plain wrong: sinful in and of itself (drunkenness, lust, outbursts of anger, gossip) 2. The pleasure captures you: you become preoccupied with it; obsess and fantasize about it; can’t wait to do it or have it (coke) … soon don’t just take up mental space, they require action—you become compulsive about it (every time…
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Searching for that “One True Love”
Pastor Timothy Keller accompanied me on my walk this morning (via podcast) and the sermon was so edifying that I wanted to be sure to share it with you. Here is the description: “In dealing with inner emptiness we often hope for ‘one true love.’ Jacob and Leah have that hope after the failure of their lives. When their dreams are achieved, their hopes are dashed. Leah eventually achieves inner peace by placing her hope in God, who alone can deliver.” And the link. (Sorry that I don’t know how to link to the EXACT sermon, but it’s the 39th sermon down on this page and is entitled, “The Struggle…
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Trusting God in the Midst of FEAR (Andree Seu)
With many thanks to my friend Jessie Y. for sending me the links, I am SO pleased to share with you three messages that Andree Seu gave at John Piper’s church on the topics of trust and fear: Trusting God in the Midst of Fear by Andree Seu I pretty much immediately started in on the first message and can’t wait to hear them all. What a wise and winsome woman! Wisdom birthed throughout a life with much suffering, I know. But oh! We are the blessed recipients of the Holy Spirit’s perfect work in her oft’ painful life. Thank you, Andree Seu! (And Jessie too!) And most of…
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Real Men Repent
HT: Z for this fantastic link: Real Men Repent
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Rude Parents Lose Their Children
Thanks, Pastor Anyabwile, for pointing out this great post: Don’t Provoke Your Teens
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How can I even consider reconciliation when there has been no justice?
I’ve been holding off on “officially” announcing this to you all because Dave and I are still tweaking and improving and trying to make it “just right” (AND I wanted to really roll it out with some sort of big giveaway) … But Dave’s post today was just so good, that I’m going to give you the sneak-peak into our new blog (RedeemingChurchConflicts.com): How can I even consider reconciliation when there has been no justice? I hope you enjoy it (and “like” it on FaceBook and retweet it, etc. etc.). And please do feel free to send us questions! We’re really hoping to serve and bless through this new blog.…
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What do you think of this AD?
This coming October, I have the great joy of serving at The Amazing Grace 360 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Because I am teaching at both the pre-conference and conference sessions, I also get to have a table in the exhibition hall and an advertisement in the conference materials. I already have the WORLD’S BEST exhibition-hall-table-helper … Samara! (I’m SO grateful she is willing to help me!) And Fred and I are working on my “ad” for the conference materials. Keeping in mind that this is just a rough draft (so please be gentle with your criticisms! 🙂 ), I was wondering if you would share your feedback with me re:…
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Summer Days
Dave and I are working hard to get RedeemingChurchConflicts ready to launch. (You can peek now—but it’s not where we want it to be yet!) And in addition to yet another minor medical procedure, I’ve been keeping five wonderful children alive for a few days: (Because I firmly believe that, sometimes, parents can just use a break from parenting! So we do what we can to serve our friends.) ‘Course, we’re enjoying our own too: Blessed, blessed, blessed— (And, yes, still a little uncomfortable. C’est la guerre.) Blessings on your Thursday! Your friend, Tara B.
