I’m an ex-pastor. It’s kind of awkward saying that, to be honest – almost as if it’s sinful. Like I used to be a good person but now, that I’ve left serving the church in a full time capacity, I’ve spun into this dark element of evil doing-ness. But I’ve thought about it quite a...
I made it my mission last night, as I began my now routine nightly walk, to find the meaning of the goodness of God in my own life. I soon found out that this would not be an easy task. Since the goodness of God, or rather the goodness of anything, is such a large...
The other night, in a scramble, I managed to get to Target no more than twenty minutes before their closing. As I pulled into the parking lot I noticed an employee walking toward a group of shopping carts; surely he must’ve pulled the shorter straw that evening. As I was making my way to park...
Though I had heard of Philip Yancey, bestselling author, journalist and speaker, several times in the past, this was the first book (of his twenty-some books) that I had the opportunity to read. WHAT GOOD IS GOD? follows in the steps of several of Mr. Yancey’s previous offerings and poses a question that concerns the...
Shortly after I went into full time ministry, I received a gift from my grandparents. It was a leather-bound Bible that fit seamlessly in the palm of my hand and had the words “Holy Bible – Minister’s Edition” sprawled across the front in gold lettering. It was a fine addition to my steadily growing stack...
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