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. [...]
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Men who help blog #6: I see God’s hand in their lives
Posted in Helpful things on June 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Men who help blog #1: He helps me delight in the God-centeredness of God and in God’s word
Posted in Helpful things on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the first in a series to honor men who have been helpful by their examples. For this series I’m guessing anyone could predict two of the men who have had tremendous influence on me, so I’ll start with one of them. Though I work for Desiring God and have been to lots of conferences where he [...]
Why you put your best people in children’s ministry
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on March 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On Sunday morning it was almost one of ‘those’ days. But we pushed through together and made it to church on time. About two minutes after dropping Paul off, he had one of his seizure-like episodes. We hadn’t even made it out of the hallway up to the sanctuary. But, rather than giving up, the [...]
God’s goodness in persevering pastors and ministers
Posted in Helpful things, Scripture on March 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning (Saturday), I have been given the pleasure of introducing Pastor David Michael to the 900 or so attendees of the Children Desiring God Conference. I am so grateful to God for this man; it has been a pleasure to even think about doing so! David has been a champion at Bethlehem for the [...]
The transitions never end, and God is always faithful
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Julie and Mark Martindale are one of those couples who love Jesus and do really hard things because of what Jesus has done for them. As Julie writes in her ‘about me‘ page on her blog, “Lest you think we are either crazy or saints, we are neither–just followers of Jesus Christ who desire to [...]
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Attempting to honor in helpful ways
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on June 12, 2011 | 8 Comments »
As most of you know or could guess, The Works of God is named primarily because that phrase shows up in John 9, the accounting of Jesus healing the man born blind. But it also shows up in other places, like Psalm 78: He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, [...]
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