(First published May 5, 2010) We want to do huge magnificent works of passionate loving action. We want to have a significant impact. We want to do something massive that will transform the world. We want to focus all of our energy into something amazing. That’s what we want to do. Instead, we decide that […]

These aren’t my last words. As far as I know. I’m planning to write 300 more tomorrow, and 300 more the day after that. I have every expectation of having many more opportunities for reflection. But what if I don’t? What if this is my last chance to lay out a framework for thinking, or […]

Saul went from house to house, looking for Christians, sending them to prison. Philip left Jerusalem and went to Samaria to preach. To most people around Philip, that would be like a Yankees fan choosing to go to Boston. To Philip, it was merely doing what Jesus had said to do. When you make disciples, […]

(This was first published October 11, 2011. We got called out of town Thursday afternoon, so I’m reposting. I’ll finish the Philip story next week.) I’m finding, as I age and as I multi-task and multi-think and multi-network, that I remember less and less. This is a pain. Sometimes, of course, it’s not critical to […]