I had just begun working as a youth pastor at a church in Wisconsin, when I was asked to serve for a week at the denomination’s youth camp for 8–16 year old’s. The camp counsellors all arrived a day early for a briefing on our responsibilities, the camp program, and...
Are you ever tired? Looking for a bit of rest? Need a break? Jesus often took breaks, but they didn’t always go as planned. In Matthew 13 Jesus goes out of His house to sit and rest by the sea. I live 100 yards from the ocean. I have a favorite place to sit and enjoy...
The joy comes quickly. The joy goes quickly. Jesus is in Bethlehem, and then he is gone. The shepherds who looked at Jesus, are looking again after their sheep. The wise men are no longer revering the Lord, but ruling their subjects. Joseph is back in his carpentry...
An OPEN worker writes, This past week I was doing a quarterly review with one of our designers and one of the things he said to me was, “Boss, you need to be meaner to me, even if it’s just a little bit.” I said to him, “I don’t understand?” He went on to explain that...
To read Part 1 on Training vs Development go here. Contemporary theological teaching is mostly a data-transfer education. Information is transferred from laptop to laptop. As a result, our theology rarely gets below our necks. Students are expected to meticulously...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
