Archive for the 'Discipleship' Category

Knowing Christ

Friday, June 20th, 2008

When I was in college I was active in the Baptist Student Union.  One semester, the discipleship group that I participated in worked our way through Richard Foster’s new book Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth.  Several years later, as I was browsing the bookstore shelves at seminary, I ran across another book [...]

Making Complex the Simple

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Late this afternoon my wife asked if I would be interested in helping a friend of ours out by assembling a swing/glider that she had bought for her lawn.  I said, “Sure!”
So, after the temperature had cooled off a bit, Joshua and I grabbed my tool bag and set out feeling very manly for our [...]

Forty-Five

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Today I turned 45. Woohoo!
It’s funny…this one has not been the big deal or had the same level of “dread” attached to it that previous ‘milestone’ birthdays have had.
It’s been a great day. We went to Caitlin’s end of year school awards ceremony this morning, and I went on into the office from there. I [...]