The Smell of Jesus

May 17, 2013

But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to […]

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At the hands of Jennifer …The confession of a communicator

May 3, 2013

There were two completely full tables of individuals that never looked at me. I stood behind the lectern and addressed an audience in Frederick, Maryland – only to discover that a significant group of individuals were paying no attention to me. In fact, their eyes and attention were locked on Jennifer. Jennifer was a competent […]

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“We Don’t Say That” …But should we?

April 19, 2013

Hate was a word that simply wasn’t acceptable in the home in which I grew up. I don’t know if this was an outcome of deep pacifist roots from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – or a pragmatic view that the vast majority of the time that this word is used, it is wildly inappropriate, sinful, trivialized […]

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Less Precision, More Jesus

April 12, 2013

On my desk I have a calculator.  It’s a solar powered calculator with simple functions and big numbers.  I use it for a lot of things… and it has never let me down.  It adds and subtracts with great precision.  Rarely would I need it to multiply or divide, but it would do those operations […]

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Quotes, Worship and the Power of Words

April 5, 2013

Several weeks ago I wrote a friend about what I had been observing in the mission of Youth for Christ/USA.  It was a short email, but focused and significant to me. Within a few hours I received an email reply from my friend.  The third sentence of this email contained the following: “The prevailing tone […]

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Start Early

March 28, 2013

The deafening roar was interrupted as the Southwest Airlines 737 rumbled down the runway at Denver International Airport. This is typically a moment reserved for the language of power… but voices overshadowed what the thrust of GE engines was producing. The source of the competing noise was a women’s softball team from Whitworth University in […]

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I Am…

March 22, 2013

“Hi. I’m Buzz Lightyear.” – Desmond (our two-year-old), to random strangers everywhere. Early this morning my son-in-law posted this entry on Facebook.  Desmond is our two-year-old grandson and he’s not alone in his bold “I am” declarations. Desmond joins the ranks of his cousins in glorious projections: Graham – 3 years old and Batman to […]

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Only in Dry Dock… Never at Sea

March 15, 2013

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! (Psalm 139:17)  As Mary and I wandered the roads on the north bank of Oahu, Hawaii, I couldn’t help but notice the many boats in dry dock along our route.  These were boats that appeared to be perched in […]

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I Can’t Help But Wonder

March 8, 2013

The report was bleak, the morale was worse… “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are… The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants…”  (Numbers 13:31, 32) Why is it that Christians are often pessimists about […]

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From the Bottom of the Boot

March 1, 2013

“My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” John 10:10b NLT The snow was flying and blowing in blizzard proportion.  Undaunted by the conditions, several of our kids and grandkids ventured over to our house for a family dinner. Opening the front door was an invitation for winter to invade, but when there […]

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