Category: All About Life

  • Al Mohler blog on Haiti

    Whenever a tragic event like the Haitian earthquake takes place, it raises questions about God’s presence and his judgment.  Some will run to the extreme of saying that God did not know this would happen, and that he was in no way involved in this sort of event.  Others will make assertive  and arrogant claims…

  • St. Louis Post article on House of Hope in Haiti

    The St. Louis Post Dispatch has a story on the House of Hope Orphanage, the damage to the orphanage, and the plight of the girls there right now.  There is significant damage.  The picture on the main site is of all the girls we grew to love when we went there this summer. Be sure…

  • The blessing of Christian community when your car breaks down

    So I am sitting here at the intersection of Highway 21 and MM, 10:20 PM on Monday night waiting for Leon Allen.  How’s that for an introduction.  Would make a good first line of a book, but on this night, I am just waiting in the cold in my Durango which has overheated.  I could…

  • Wishing you a Merry, but also a Gospel-centered Christmas

    Sometimes at Christmas, it gets difficult to come up with new ways to wish you a Merry Christmas, and remind you to keep Christ at the center of your focus. Geez, it is hard for me to remind myself of these things. Too often, the message of Jesus’ birth and life becomes routine, because we…

  • Website with gift ideas for giving presence

    One of the key thoughts in the Advent Conspiracy emphasis is that we need to re-think some of our gifts.  Nothing wrong with Christmas gifts, at all.  But the challenge is to give our presence as well, to be relational with our giving.  The website rethinkingchristmas.com is an online clearinghouse of ideas for gifts and…