Sometimes I am tempted to think in terms of what the church ‘should’ do for its weaker members because of disability. The old legalist in me finds that line of thinking comfortable. You can measure what the church ‘should’ be doing. But I received a good reminder yesterday from the pastor I referenced for my [...]
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It’s nice – even convicting – to hear that people include us because they are pursuing their own happiness in God
Posted in commentary, Helpful things, Quotes on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A blind son brings many benefits. Here’s another one
Posted in Helpful things on November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We had multiple blessed experiences at church this weekend. I hope you did as well. One of the benefits of having a blind son (yes, I said benefits) is that words that used to flow by me land with power. It happened again during one of the songs from Sunday morning, You Are Amazing, by [...]
“We are all leaky buckets.”
Posted in Helpful things on August 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One of the great blessings of my work is morning devotions lead by our president, Jon Bloom. Yesterday he was making the point to remember who God is and who we are as we deal with the anxieties of the day using Luke 12:28-34. But he began by saying: We are all leaky buckets. That [...]
Men who help blog #7: He taught me everything else
Posted in Helpful things on June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the last in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. Paul Harland Knight is the sixth grandchild of Harland Paul Knight. We’re not very creative with names in our family, but we know why our children carry the names they do! There is a part of me that wants to [...]
Men who help blog #6: I see God’s hand in their lives
Posted in Helpful things on June 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the sixth in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. We’ll conclude tomorrow. If you aren’t sure who will be honored tomorrow, you haven’t been reading this blog for very long! At some unknown point I went from being a ‘new’ dad to one with some experience. That’s just weird. [...]
Men who help blog #5: He taught me who to fear
Posted in Helpful things on June 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is the fifth in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. I can’t remember when I first met Karl Kanowitz. It was sometime in the early 1990′s and he was simply doing what he always does – serving other people. In this case it was an adult Sunday School class I [...]
Men who help blog #4: He taught me to pursue the good of others, even in failure
Posted in Helpful things on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the fourth in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. All of the men I’m highlighting are both more interesting and more fallen than I can capture in five or six hundred words. That may be particularly true for this man. My father-in-law, Miles Hahn, was a German Lutheran farmer [...]
Men who help blog #3: He encourages me to talk about God
Posted in Helpful things on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the third in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. David Michael is the Pastor for Parenting and Family Discipleship and oversees the disability ministry at Bethlehem. He also received a couple of emails in the early, dark days of my parenting that I wish I could take back! But [...]
Men who help blog #2: He helped me understand what loyalty is
Posted in Helpful things on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is the second in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. Paul Larimore was a giant of a man to me. He stood well over six feet and more than 200 pounds, was a respected businessman, served as a civic leader, and commanded the respect of people. He did [...]
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Where we can all point the blame for our sin
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on January 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
God used Paul Tripp to protect me from myself, again. It doesn’t really matter what the circumstance was, I was letting a situation dictate a growing scoffing, sneering, dismissive attitude. Then I read this: I still need to be rescued from me because as long as sin remains I’ll be drawn to desire, think, say [...]
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