"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith." (Galatians 6:9, 10) Christ is risen! He has risen indeed! Timing is sometimes everything in sharing your faith with others. The word "opportunity" in Galatians 6:10 is a special Greek word--kairos. It refers to the "right time" for something to happen or take place. It means we wait for the "right … [Read more...] about Devotions: Wisdom – Timing
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Devotions: “In-spite-of” Wisdom
"For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious." (Acts 17:20-22) Wisdom from God comes in many forms. Sometimes it provides us amazing answers to challenges about our faith. Other times God provides opportunities to … [Read more...] about Devotions: “In-spite-of” Wisdom
End of March Musts: Madness, Reads, Opportunities . . .
ESN March Madness '14 . . . If you haven't voted in this round of ESN March Madness '14 (and invited others to do likewise), now is the time! I will keep this round open through midnight on Saturday. I'm very curious to see who rises to the top in the "losers" bracket. Note: "Finding & keep vocation" and "Realizing justice in action" await their turn for a quick round to see who will go back up for the finals to face off against the winner of "Diversity in higher ed vs. Integrating faith & field". What … [Read more...] about End of March Musts: Madness, Reads, Opportunities . . .
Battling the Unbelief of Impatience — John Piper
Thank-you to Monica for sharing Battling the Unbelief of Impatience (John Piper. Sermon on Isaiah 30:1-5). May you, as Monica, find encouragement from these words during a season of waiting. In God's Place, at God's Pace Impatience is a form of unbelief. It's what we begin to feel when we start to doubt the wisdom of God's timing or the goodness of his guidance. It springs up in our hearts when the road to success gets muddy or strewn with boulders or blocked by some fallen tree. The battle with impatience can … [Read more...] about Battling the Unbelief of Impatience — John Piper
On Technology, Thanksgiving, and Patience
[Originally written in 2007 for a campus publication while I was in medical school; it has remained disquietingly relevant.] We have become impatient, unfulfilled, and perpetually fixated on the future. We have filled our lives with so much hardware and noise that it makes us wonder if we too will waste away into a dull obsolescence. I had never been to a Black Friday shopping spree before. The thought of camping out for hours in the chilling pre-​​dawn night always seemed perverse to me . . . but that … [Read more...] about On Technology, Thanksgiving, and Patience