Archives for January 2005

God’s blessings upon Russ and Rebecca Debenport as they make their journey to Thailand to join a mission effort in Chiang Mai. I spent a month in Thailand one summer during college. The people were warm and generous. The food was delicious. The churches were vibrant. The weather was hot. The meat market was bloody. […]

Seeing too much to deny and too little to be sure, I am in a state to be pitied. Blaise Pascal

Man-oh-man. My week has been packed and is only getting fuller. Sunday is “Family Business Day” at Garnett, which is another way of saying “Budget Sunday.” Now more than ever, I’m understanding that a church like Garnett is both a family and a business. Both are equally important. Sometimes I get the sense that some […]

Forgive me, but heaven gets in the way of lots of important work. Hold on, now. Before you fire off a red hot e-mail response or call me on the phone or assemble a church tribunal, hear me out. For twenty-five years I served churches as a pastor. For the past ten years I have […]

Have you seen the movie To End All Wars? If you haven’t, and there’s a good chance you haven’t, then check it out. It is based on a true story, is set in a WWII Japanese POW camp, and is brutally graphic. It is also one of the most “Christian” movies I’ve ever seen. If […]

Earlier today, Heather and I returned from three great days in Colorado. It was our first multi-day trip together, sans children, in over three and a half years. Major thanks go out to Heather’s parents who came up and faithfully stood in the guard tower for us. We had some great snow at Keystone. It […]

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