Church for a new era
Those of you following the life of New Oaks Church may find this story encouraging. Here’s Donnie Miller (pastor of the Trinity Family Church in Gardner, KS) telling of a change of direction: A New Era begins for TFC There was an energy level among the congregation on Sunday that I haven’t experienced for a long [...]

Could “Government is the problem” be part of the problem?
Like so: Government is bad, therefore, We should cut its funding whenever we have a chance to do so. Of course, then … Government agencies end up under-staffed, under-equipped, and unable to keep up (years-long immigration-hearing delays come to mind, or the Katrina response, or …) And, Government’s best and brightest administrators get fed up and leave, finding industry positions that ask [...]

Time to think and pray
Hello dear friends: Thank you for dropping by. I am away from blogging for one month to focus on a couple of life direction questions. Please keep me on your reader – I’ll be back about October 17. I am so grateful for your presence on this journey! All the best,

Whose conversion is this?
Here’s a story of a Christian conversion.  Can you guess who’s talking? So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to [a church]. And I heard [a pastor] deliver a sermon …  And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. [...]