Lifted Up
Most everybody has heard of Amazon! Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos built Amazon from a small online bookseller to a retail giant. In a recent article in Foreign Affairs (January 4, 2015) Bezos stated: "Entrepreneurs ... benefit greatly from being willing to fail, willing to experiment. Good entrepreneurs ten...
Recently I went through a Cardiac Computed Tomography(CT) Scan. Sounds complicated, but really it is not! Doctors used x-rays to take a bunch of detailed pictures of my heart, just to see how healthy my heart is. Soon I will meet with a cardiologist to discuss the results of this scan. Every year I meet...
Making disciples has always been a hot topic for me. David Watson's book on world-changing discipleship, Called and Committed, changed my thinking back in the early 1980's, and in many ways, set the direction for my life's journey as a Christ-follower, a husband, father, and minister of the gospel. Since then my library shelves ha...
Have you heard of Cardinal Borromeo? A story is told by Abraham Kuyper when he gave the Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1898. A 16th century plague had ruined the Italian city of Milan, and as the story goes, Cardinal Borromeo bravely stayed in that city to feed and pray for those who were dying. &nb...
Water currents affect weather patterns. A clear example is an El Nino. When the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become substantially warmer than average this causes a shift in atmospheric circulation. For Australia this means that 2015 will shape up to be one of the hottest years on record. Weather pattern bringing drought and bushfires ...
In the CRCA we talk lots about church health. It has been stated that healthy churches are growing churches. But is this true? If a church is healthy, does that means that we will see growth? And what kind of growth are we referring to? Growth in numbers? ...
What is discipleship all about? How do we reach out to the lost, help people come to faith, encourage spiritual growth, and equip followers of Jesus to disciple others? People gathered in Campbelltown CRC to explore what it means to make true disciples.(see more photos) There were senior members who had a real co...
Sometimes one feels all alone! There might be hundreds of people around, if not more, but you still feel alone! That’s how I felt as I made my way to Victoria this week to catch up with pastors, church leaders, and then move on to Adelaide for several speaking engagements on the weekend. Perhaps it was leaving my wife and home, knowing ...
