Once upon a time, we had a very friendly cat named Samson. He was fluffy and white with blue eyes and a top speed of about one mile an hour, and people loved him. Anytime he moseyed into a room people would scoop him up and say things like, “What a beautiful cat!” And they were right.
For several years, anyway.
Read MoreThe next time you go to the store, I want you to notice something for me. When you go to check out, it is very likely that you will find yourself standing beside a rack of magazines. Several of those magazines are devoted to one purpose, and that is sharing with you the misery that is taking place in the lives of rich and famous people.
And if you are paying attention, believe it or not, those pitiful magazines can teach you a lesson that can change your life forever.
Read MoreThings are changing. Drastically, in fact.
Read MoreFun fact today for all you bug-lovers out there: every single summer, about 18 TRILLION mayflies all hatch at the same time on the upper Mississippi River, and they create a swarm so huge and disgusting that it can appear on weather radars. Just the dead ones can pile up deep enough to shut down bridges and fill up entire parking lots three feet deep.
So, knowing this makes me wonder… if every year brings 18 TRILLION new mayflies to the river, why does ANYBODY live anywhere near the Mississippi River at all??
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Read MoreIt occurs to me that almost everybody I know is busy.
What’s the deal with that? Why do we all stay so busy?
Think of it this way—If someone was to walk up to you right now and ask you, “Why do you do the things that you do?”, what would be the true answer to that question?
Read MoreWater is a very good thing. We are all made up largely of water, we need to drink lots of it, and everything that we eat needs to drink lots of it, so it is a good thing when good water is easy to come by.
But no matter how good the water is, and no matter how much of it we drink, we will always need more.
With that in mind, one day a long time ago, Jesus was sitting by a well in the hottest part of a very hot day on the outskirts of a town where people did not like Him very much. And as He was sitting there, a lady that people also did not like very much came out to get some water.
Read MoreA new article from missionary and guest-writer Marianne Abel-Lipschutz!
There’s nothing new about becoming a Christian missionary in the 21st Century. The offer remains the same. Jesus still invites us to “Come, follow me” after more than two thousand years. The harsh reality of how to become a disciple hasn’t changed either. Scripture says simply, “You must die.” Die to our life, hate our family, leave our brothers, forsake our sisters, walk away from our sons and daughters, abandon our land and everything else and just, “Follow me.”
Read MoreMuch of my life revolves around this thing that we call church. My office is at the church, people call me at the church, and I spend bunches of time planning for church. But here's where it gets weird--
Church is one of the most misused words in the English language.
Read MoreYou heard me.
Read MoreI am living through some crazy days right now.
Read MoreOne of the great things about being a Christian is that every single day comes with a built-in, life-shaping question:
If Jesus is Jesus... who should I be?
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