Desire vs. Practicality
As I read my RSS feeds daily I am envious of people who either have the time or the discipline (or both) to write on a regular basis. I wrote a couple months ago that…
A Son is Gained, Another Lost
On Friday, June 13, we celebrated the birth of our third child, Evan Alexander. What a blessing it is to receive such a precious gift from God. At 7:00 pm, we got to the hospital.…
The Discipline of Service: Part 2 of 2
I finally got around to writing the second part of this topic. Between preparing for two sermons, work being busy and trying to keep up with yard work, I have had little time for anything…
The Discipline of Service: Part 1 of 2
This is such a broad discipline, it’s hard to summarize it in one post, so I will be using two posts for the discipline of service. First, I would like to distinguish the difference between…
The Discipline of Submission
Anyone who knows me well will probably laugh if they see that I am writing on the topic of the discipline of submission. I am not exactly known for how well I submit to others.…
When A Son Helps His Father
We were doing some yard work, and I had a wheel barrow full of branches and leaves that I needed to bring to the burn pile. No help was needed, but I asked Caleb to…
The Discipline of Solitude
The disciplined person is the person who can do what needs to be done when it needs to be done… most of us can get the ball into the hoop eventually, but we can’t do…
Busy
I have neglected spending time on my Blog in the past several days, as I have encountered quite a busy time at work right now. I will be posting once again as soon as work…
The Discipline of Simplicity
This discipline is a massive kick in the ass of Western Civilization. I will quote from several places in Richard J. Foster’s chapter on Simplicity: Simplicity is freedom… simplicity brings joy and balance… Contemporary culture…
The Discipline of Study
As Richard J. Foster writes in his book, Celebration of Discipline, study involves four steps: Repetition. Ingrained habits of thought can be formed by repetition alone, thus changing behavior. Concentration. The brains natural ability to…
The Discipline of Fasting
It is sobering to realize that the very first statement Jesus made about fasting dealt with the question of motive (Matt. 6:16-18). To use good things to our own ends is always the sign of…
The Discipline of Prayer
We need not worry that [prayer] will take up too much of our time, for “It takes up no time, but it occupies all our time.” It is not prayer in addition to work but…