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Why I LOVE Montana Drivers (This made me cry …)
I stand by my FaceBook like last week of Georgeanne’s comment about drivers in her hometown not understanding how to use a turn-lane. (The concept is obviously also foreign to a LOT of Montana drivers.) And until I lived in Montana, I never knew that drivers in the USA considered stop signs to be optional. (Turns out there aren’t many stop signs in Montana so again, the concept is a little foreign to native Montanans.) But today? I was SO proud of my Montana-neighbor-drivers that I cried … I was sitting at a “busy” (for us) intersection at a “busy” (I use air quotes because we really do have a…
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The Sexy Wife I Can’t Be (& Confessions of a 25 Year-Old Virgin)
Cap’n Dave just sent me an email to tell me that our RedeemingChurchConflicts blog made the top ten list for The Aquila Report last week. How fun! To quote Dave, “Some pastors must be concerned about exactly what is their greatest spiritual danger.” I’m so glad Dave’s posts are there to help out. I was also intrigued by a number of the other “top ten” entries for the week and I clicked through to one that was particularly poignant for me, having just LiveBlogged Ellen Dykas’ excellent teaching on the topic of “Courageous Compassion for Relationally and Sexually Broken Women”: The Sexy Wife I Can’t Be It is definitely worth the…
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Our Work Serves a High View of the Centrality of the Local Church
Preach it, Dr. Powlison! The Local Church is THE Place for Biblical Counseling I appreciated every word, but especially the postscript (emphases mine): Postscript. By the way, these wonderful advantages to local church counseling do not mean that “para-church” ministries are per se unhelpful or wrong. God blesses the counseling that occurs through educational institutions, campus ministries, military chaplaincies, publishing houses, crisis pregnancy centers, mission agencies, and many other para-church Christian works. CCEF is a para-church ministry, and I happily work here, as well as participating in my local church. But there are pitfalls that any para-church ministry must avoid. We must guard against generating an autonomous existence. We…
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Not Giving Thanks
There really is no question why Dr. Ed Welch continues to be my favorite contemporary author. His blog this week is spot-on: I am Not Giving Thanks Thank you, Dr. Welch. And thank You, Heavenly Father, that you are with us in our suffering, that You care, and that One Good Day, there will be no more physical or spiritual/emotional pain. Maranatha!
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I Love to Tell the Story!
I love to tell the story Of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, Of Jesus and His love. I love to tell the story, Because I know ’tis true; It satisfies my longings As nothing else can do. I love to tell the story, ’Twill be my theme in glory To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love. I love to tell the story; More wonderful it seems Than all the golden fancies Of all my golden dreams, I love to tell the story, It did so much for me; And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee. I love to…
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If only we listened with the same passion we feel about being heard …
I heard this quote today and did a little research to learn more about the speaker: “If only we listened with the same passion we feel about being heard.” Dr. Shirley Turkle Much to think about there. Dr. Turkle has a fascinating TED Talk here: Connected But Alone. This is worth 19 minutes of your time! . Sorry to be so brief! Time is short this week— Blessings and joy, Tara B.
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How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 5): Failure to Understand Basic Business and Finance Issues
I’m lovin’ Dave’s seven part series over at our Redeeming Church Conflicts blog: How to Preserve Your Pastor (Part 5): Failure to Understand Basic Business and Finance Issues
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Off the Grid
My body felt like it was 1AM when I finally made it home to Billings on Saturday night and then, after a refreshing and edifying church service, I headed back to the airport at noon. I’ve never had such a quick turnaround before—but that’s the way our week has been ordered. And I may be off the grid because where I am headed is a remote location. So I’ll try to have some posts or re-posts for you—but if I go dark for a few days, you’ll know why. Blessings to you! Tara B. PS THANKS for all of the prayers for my, um, “thing” last week. I made it through…
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LiveBlog of PCA Women’s Leadership Conference General Session #5: Paula Miles and Barbara Thompson
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LiveBlog of PCA Women’s Leadership Conference General Session #3: Barbara Thompson – Our Encounters with Compassion … A Conversation
