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Practical Shepherding
Challies.com introduced me this morning to a great new blog that I’m looking forward to reading regularly: Practical Shepherding This article alone was worth my time popping over this morning: How Do You Care for a Wife Hurt by Her Husband’s P*ornography Struggle? (I use the * to try to avoid unpleasant SPAM comments from searchers for that word.) I was most challenged by his last point (encouraging her to pursue her husband) because, although I have not had this exact struggle in my own marriage (thank God), I surely have had other struggles. Really, really hard struggles. Struggles that have tempted me to pull BACK from Fred, rather than…
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Please Pray About This Case That Will Come Before the U.S. Supreme Court
I can’t believe this issue is raising its ugly head again: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Lawsuit Against U.C.-Hastings Our Christian Legal Society law school chapter faced this exact same issue when I was a 1L. At that time the case law was standing firm in favor of what, it seems to me, are clearly articulated rights in The U.S. Constitution. We had to (respectfully) take a stand and (respectfully) draft some briefs in support of our convictions, but once the administration understood the case law, they backed down and we were allowed to continue to freely associate as an officially recognized student group. Please join me in praying…
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Call In Radio Interview TODAY — “PeaceTalk”
If you’re free over the lunch hour today (March 22), please consider joining me on the radio! I have the joy of participating in a call-in radio program via Larry Wood’s ministry, “PeaceTalk Online.” Here are the details: Monday, March 22 at 12:30PM (Eastern) Streaming Online at PeaceTalk Online Broadcast on AM660 (for South Carolina, Northern Georgia or Western North Carolina) Call In and Join Us! 1-888-660-9535 or said another way 1 Triple Eight-660-WLFJ Hope to get to chat with you!
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Special Ed Teacher Needed for a School in China
Are you a teacher with a background in special ed? Would you like to work in CHINA? A dear friend of mine from way back in my undergrad days (AUGIE!) has been serving at this school in Bao’an and they are currently looking to hire a new teacher. Here are the details: Working in Chinese orphanages, Sunshine Academy provides education and evening caregiving for preschool and kindergarten aged children living in Chinese Government Social Welfare Centers (orphanages). We are currently looking for a certified teacher with special education background to serve as the head counselor (lead teacher) of our school in Bao’an, Shenzhen. The head counselor serves two primary roles:…
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Gutsy Guilt
In our women’s study last Wednesday, we discussed the hope, assurance, and confidence we have in this life because of our justification—that once and for all transaction (double imputation!) whereby our sins are put on Christ and His righteousness is apportioned to us by faith and we are born again! Passing from death to life, darkness to light—God justifies us once and forever, for always. And nothing—not angels or demons, anything in Heaven above or on the earth beneath, nothing can separate us from the love of God our Father. We are justified. ‘Course, the problem comes when we struggle with sin (again); we are lukewarm or even altogether apathetic…
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Never Say “If you need anything, call me.”
Ed Welch taught me (and convicted me) AGAIN with his recent article over on the CCEF website: More Things Not To Say To Those Who are Suffering In it, he makes many great points, but let me just tempt you with a few: ” … Here is something that I have heard a number of times on the ‘Not Helpful’ list. I have heard it often enough that it deserves to become part of our body of pastoral wisdom. ‘If you need anything, please call me—anytime.’ … Those who mentioned it didn’t say that the comment was meaningless to them, though it was. They said that it was actually unhelpful.…
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Shudder
HT: Clark Vowell for this (shudder worthy!) quote via his facebook update: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done’; and those to whom God says , in the end, ‘Thy will be done.'” – C.S Lewis
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Elder Law / Estate Planning and FaceBook
As a former estate planning attorney and current blogger/FaceBook user, I found this link from Challies.com particularly interesting: Death and Social Media ‘Course it really made me want to read through some elder law journals and I.T.-related law journals and—even more fun!—some actual case law. (MAN! it’s been too long … I wonder if my brain could even re-engage those neurons any more?) Thankfully, I don’t have to find out because smart people like Tim Challies keep sending us interesting (and readable) articles. Hope you enjoy! — Tara B.
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You Don’t Have to “Get it Right.” We’re Not Standing Back and Judging You. We’re Your Family.
If you’ve ever attended my standard women’s retreat, then you know that I usually mention in my opening session how I’m a women’s event skeptic (As a regular speaker at women’s events, believe me, I’m keenly aware of the irony.) But I have to say, the more I have the privilege of gathering with God’s women to learn from them, laugh with them, and just go through life with them? The less and less skeptical I am. Take last night for example. Our church had a baby shower for a wonderful young woman and as usual, the ladies did a great job decorating, provided nummy treats, a fun game, thoughtful…
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Confused Mix of Wandering and Worrying
Our spring women’s study started recently. We’re going through Paul Miller’s (excellent) book, A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World, and I thought I’d share a few nuggets with you from last week’s study (emphases added are mine): – (After sharing a story of his daughter’s frustration because “prayer, it seemed, didn’t work” …) “Few of us have Ashley’s courage to articulate the quiet cynicism or spiritual weariness that develops when heartfelt prayer goes unanswered. We keep our doubts hidden even from ourselves because we don’t want to sound like bad Christians. No reason to add shame to our cynicism. So our hearts shut down. … Cynicism…
