An Example of a Life Well Lived

I attended a memorial service for a friend over the weekend. This guy was a true man’s man, a great Christian example, and co-worker in the C12 Group. He fought a great fight against cancer on his way home, he finished his race and ran through the tape. The service was a real celebration of a life well-lived in the atmosphere of the mysterious mix of joy and sorrow that only Christians can understand. Yes, we know we will see him again, but dang it we will miss him! During the seating of the guests and for a few minutes at the beginning of the service a series of pictures from his life were projected on a large screen in the front of the room. Dozens, maybe scores of pictures were chosen by those he loved  and left behind to present the most important and memorable scenes and...

America Rising

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You’re not – I am!

On a Saturday morning in early spring many years ago I was sitting in my easy chair at home, having just finished some pleasant quiet time, when the phone rang. I had no idea of the profound significance the call I was about to take would have on my life. I was at the beginning of a revelatory experience that would change me and my understanding of life forever. It was early and I was not expecting anyone to call so I picked up the phone with a bit of concern. The person calling, a man, asked to speak to me and I acknowledged that he was. “Good,” he said, “I was hoping to see you this morning. I think that I have a message from God for you.” “Who are you, and what is the message about, and why do you think it is for me from God?” I asked. I am by nature a skeptical person and,...

Whose Drumbeat Do You Follow?

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music that he hears, however measured or far away.“  Henry David Thoreau So, whose drum are you listening to? We all are hearing one you know. Listening, following. Is your drummer the incessant beat of the materialistic, hedonistic, “stuff” is the answer of our current culture? Are you caught up in the swirl of busyness and breathless aquisition that is the norm of our day? Many if not most Christians are. In fact in every measurable or discernable way the mass of what the world sees as contemporary Christianity looks no different from what they see in the mirror. We value what they value. We chase the same things they chase. The beat goes...