(The following is the July 24 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read 1 Corinthians 13 and pay close attention to verse 7.) Paul identified several impressive qualities of love: “It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (v. 7). These characteristics should be evident …
Tag: Relationships
Restoring Relationships When We’re Wronged
(The following is the January 20 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Matthew 18 and pay close attention to verses 15-17.) People sometimes sin against us, and we’re guilty of the same against others. When that happens, it hurts regardless of the nature of the relationship. It cuts deeply …
Book Review: “Revitalizing the Sunday Morning Dinosaur” by Ken Hemphill
As the Sunday School Director at my church, I'm keenly interesting in leading our Sunday School toward continuous growth and accomplishing its several purposes well. That is no small challenge in our inner-city congregation that currently runs about one-fourth the number of people present on Sunday mornings as it did when my family first joined …
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Tell Them While You Still Can
I had a really unusual dream last night. Let me tell you about it along with the obvious meaning to me... In the dream, I was with a lot of family members at my in-laws' previous home in St. Louis. My father-in-law, Chuck, who passed away suddenly in that home in 1999, was sitting in …
Thank It Forward
When my professional colleagues at The Community Roundtable started posting their "Thank It Forward" posts recently, thereby recognizing three specific people or groups that have made a difference in their lives this year, I knew I wanted to do the same. So it's taken me a while to think through it and come up with …
