A friend who is in youth ministry is leading a session soon with her young people on the topic of wisdom and she asked some of her friends to write a letter to their teenage selves, sharing some of the wisdom they now wish they had known then. My effort appears below, although I suspect … Continue reading »
I know. I shouldn’t have. Not when I have about forty books on the ‘to be read’ list. But I did it. I bought a new book. I suppose I figured that since most of the books I read at the moment are either courtesy of the college library or come to me for free … Continue reading »
Guidance. It’s one of those topics that people most ask for teaching on in churches. It’s one of those topics that no matter how long we’ve walked with God we all still deal with from time to time. We want easy answers. We want to know what God would have us do. We joke about … Continue reading »
These thoughts are unfinished. In fact, I’ve only published this post because I am feeling brave today. What you have here are only seeds which will perhaps one day flower in my thinking. So feel free to comment and, when you do, please be gentle! So much of Jewish theology (at least as we have … Continue reading »
I’ve been challenged to start blogging. Will I make it even to the end of this month or, like so many other endeavours, will this one fall by the wayside? Will this just be about starting or will I finish? In fact, this idea of finishing is significant to me. I want to finish well. I don’t want … Continue reading »
