Operation Christmas Child 08

The following is from Michael Kelley’s blog. He gave me permission to post it in its entirety. I was wanting to do an OCC post since this is “collection week,” but his entry was so good, I thought, why duplicate?…

Review: A God-Entranced Vision of All Things

A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards This book is a collection of materials that was presented to the conference hosted by Desiring God Ministries in October 2003 to celebrate the 300th birthday of pastor/theologian/philosopher/reformer/Puritan…

Biopsy results…

Carolyn got a call from the doctor’s office this afternoon to give us the results of the biopsy from Friday. He said, “I’ve got bad news…” Of course, no one wants to hear that after a biopsy. Then he related…

Health update and uncertainty

This Monday Carolyn went in for her checkup. About twice a year, she gets a CT scan because she’s a three-time cancer survivor. By God’s grace, she has been delivered from Hodgkin’s Disease three different times during our relationship –…

Change in America = Change in the Church

One thing that no one can deny any longer. It isn’t 1950 any longer. America is not like 95% of our churches. At the massive Obama celebration party in Chicago last night, it was a multi-ethnic, multi-socioeconomic, and multi-cultural blend…

Praying for our new President

Ed Stetzer wrote an entry yesterdaythat I thought shared the appropriate spirit and tone for all of us who call upon Christ as Messiah and Redeemer — whether Red State or Blue State — in this significant political redirection for…