This is a pep talk I gave somewhere about how God takes the tasks that we do (as we offer them up to Him), no matter how mundane they may seem to us, and He uses them to transform the culture around us.
Women often give themselves a poor job description. This happens all the time. […]

They are advanced indeed that are at home in God, and live a life of communion with him, not only in solemn ordinances, but even in the common accidents and occurrences of the world. Every day is a sabbath day, a day of ‘holy rest’ with the meek and quiet soul, that is, one of […]

The fruit of the Spirit is….gentleness. What does that mean? To be gentle is to be easily handled, tame, kindly serene, mild, not violent, not harsh, not rough. Like all the other fruit of the Spirit, this gentleness is first displayed in God.
God is Gentle
Psalm 18:35b “Thy gentleness hath made me great.”
Jesus is Gentle.
Matthew 11:28-29 […]

Our daughter and her husband and kids made it safely back to Moscow from the UK, and we are mighty pleased and thankful. One of these days I will get a short course on how to post a pic (Valerie could probably help me…), but since I don’t know how yet, I’m going to send […]

When I was fresh out of college and a relatively new Christian, I spent the summer working at a presbyterian church with the youth ministry. I had a lot of respect for the pastor and his wife, and it was a profitable summer in many ways. One of the leaders of the team was an […]

Our security lies not in our faithfulness, but in the faithfulness of God and His Word…..
So our faithfulness is not the ground of our confidence; rather, our confidence is the ground of our faithfulness.
–Douglas Wilson in Back to Basics