Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 2  

Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 2  

We continue to consider three phases of a man’s life, looking further at Warriorness.  Frustrated in one form, Warriorness may surface in another.  For example, during World War II, Japanese warriorness was seen in military conquests. After Japan lost the...
Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 1

Warrior, Wounded, Wisdom – Part 1

Some years ago, I came across Robert Hicks’ book The Masculine Journey.  In this book, he outlines a pattern of phases in life many men (and some women) experience. I was fascinated by his idea, since it described so well what I have observed and experienced. It...
Gladstone and  Victoria

Gladstone and  Victoria

Why Couldn’t They Get Along William Gladstone was the Prime Minister of England four times (between 1868 and 1898) during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 – 1901).     Description: Gladstone – Tall,  erect, the picture of uprightness and Victorian...
 It’s Impossible . . . 

 It’s Impossible . . . 

. . .  to “pray without ceasing” as I Thessalonians 5:17 directs. We have to work, sleep, eat, serve. Even the Bible directs that we are to do many other things than pray, but it still says, “Pray continuously.”  What could this mean?   It means that when talking with...
Tell Me The Dream (Thoughts for Preachers)

Tell Me The Dream (Thoughts for Preachers)

 Your Delivery is Critical.   Some preachers take off, fly up to 35,000 feet, speak for forty minutes and then land, maintaining the same delivery.  Same intensity in their voice. Same tone of voice, same, volume.  Same, same (shame) puts people to...
Enough

Enough

The Apostle Paul went to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile Christian to the Hebrews Christians. He had been collecting it for some months. He had written a reminder letter to the believers in Corinth (II Corinthians 8 & 9).  Apparently the idea...