Reading is an important habit for all of us. Of course, our number one book to read is the Bible. I have several ways to keep track of my reading. When I…
Category: Wisdom
An excellent essay opposed to gay marriage
From the pen of Pastor Jim Garlow, a Wesleyan pastor from California, and now a national leader in the battle to preserve Biblical values in our country, comes a tremendous essay explaining…
Best pro-life article I have read in some time
People who are pro-life are always asked by pro-choice people, “What about cases of rape and incest?” Here is a compelling, factual, insightful and thoroughly convincing pro-life answer. I highly recommend it….
Book recommendations for marriages in troubled times
Last Sunday I finished the series of sermons called Kitchen Table Talks on Relationships. As I was studying for the series and reviewing various sourcebooks, I was thinking about which ones to…
Book recommendations concerning personality differences
Each week of ours sermon series called Kitchen Table Talks on Relationships I have been making recommendations on my blog for further reading on the topic of this week’s sermon. Here are…
I Cheer for Immigrants
Recently my wife was reading the book Imagine, How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012). One evening she read to me from it some startling statistics concerning the contributions…
Why pastors should blog
http://www.heathmullikin.com/4-reasons-every-pastor-should-blog/ I recently read the above blog article by Heath Mullikin about why pastors should be bloggers. I totally agree with him. I like his reasons but I think I would…
Book Recommendations on Dealing with Our Anger
This week’s continuation of the sermon series Kitchen Table Talks on Relationships dealt with the subject of anger in our relationships. I did not have a chance to mention the resource books…
Recommended encouragement for couples by a fellow pastor
I’ve heard Mark O. Wilson speak. It’s a great pastor in a medium sized town in northern Wisconsin and he has many very practical ideas. This article is in Wesleyan Life online. …
Recommended Books on Respect in Relationships
In this morning’s Kitchen Table Talk about Relationships, JoAnne and I discussed how important it is to respect other people. The apostle Peter wrote us in the key verse for the morning,…