Refresh and renew, but….sometime during the day, Remember and Reflect!
Monthly Archives: May 2011
It’s Sunday Again: Wisdom
Fourteen months ago, I “retired” from full-time local pulpit ministry. Over the last year, I have spent a lot of time reflecting about the nature of life. Jan and I have entered a new phase of life–a time when we have the privilege (luxury) of picking and choosing our activities, applying our hearts to wisdom, …
Spiritual Leadership
Christian leadership is essential. The church must have effective spiritual leaders–not only elders or pastors, but also servants, ministers, deacons, teachers, evangelists, preachers. The family suffers without effective spiritual leadership. Our nation needs spiritual leaders in touch with biblical foundations and principles, those who reflect those principles in their value systems and in their lives. …
Memorial Day Weekend
For many, the Memorial Day Weekend has already begun. Some will spend most or all of the weekend in fun and frolic (first weekend of summer) with little thought to the meaning of Memorial Day, and little thought given to the sacrifices made so that we can be the free nation we are today. Originally …
Honduras [One More Time], Catching Up, Moving Ahead
Good Wednesday morning! Well, we finally arrived home yesterday (Tuesday) about mid-morning. With a slight flight delay and problems with severe weather which we had to fly around, it was later than expected when we arrived in Tulsa Monday night. After a long day (we had awakened about 4 a.m.), we decided it would be …
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Honduras: Monday, May 23
Today we travel! The time in Honduras has been too short, filled with many memorable experiences and opportunities to make a difference in the lives of God’s people and others. Accept my apologies for failing to post yesterday, despite the best of my intentions and plans. The problem was that we did not have electricity …
Honduras: Saturday, May 21
Good morning! It seems that our Internet service has perhaps stabilized, so I hope to accomplish a lot this Saturday morning. I am working in the cafeteria since we still do not have Internet at the apartment. Our final weekend in Honduras will be filled with checking lists to make certain we have gotten everything …
I’m Back!
Wow, am I ever glad I had a couple of blogs pre-set to post. We have basically been without internet access for the past two days–trying to get in a few words before we lose internet again. Great days. Last night to Los Pinos–growing church, 49 present for Thursday night Bible study (very few kids, …
Effective Leaders
My former colleague at Ohio Valley University, Becky Mathis-Stump, now works with Ethos Leadership Group and writes a regular blog on leadership. Her blog of May 16 cited notes from a discussion in which I shared some concepts concerning effective leadership. You can read her blog at Effective Leaders. If you are interested in leadership, …
Honduras: Tuesday, May 17
The absence of an internet connection in the apartment made blogging impossible over the weekend, so this update has to cover a few days of activities. Attendance at the combined worship service on Sunday was excellent—I do not know the exact number but it was probably near 1000. On Sunday Jan and I accompanied Erik Tryggestad to the airport to …