Don’t be Content with Sloppy Christianity
Josh Buice writes
If we’re not satisfied with sloppy football, sloppy airplane pilots or flight attendants, sloppy lawyers, or even sloppy waste management services—we should not be content with sloppy Christianity within our local church.
Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We Have Misgivings
New York Times opinion writer and feminist Daphne Merkin shines a side light on the current hot topic of #MeToo. I appreciate her call for a broader, earlier prevention strategy which includes ownership by individuals, parents, and society-at-large.
Evaluating your Life for Fillers and Drainers
I thoroughly appreciate the depth to which David Murray has taken his exploration of a life which is balanced, healthy, and has room to rest. I’ve purchased his recent best seller Reset, and will be getting to it in Feb (hopefully). In this article, he writes
At first it’s difficult to figure out, but eventually we notice that some activities fill our tanks while others drain us. Then, we figure out that we have to balance fillers and drainers so that when we engage in a draining activity, we follow it with something that fills us; otherwise we’ll be running on fumes, which won’t last long. Managing our energy consumption is as important as managing our money and our time.
In 2018, Don’t Forget Humility
This article struck me in many ways, particularly point 4 “Welcome some correction into your life”. This year, for the first time I took my wife out one evening and asked her to help me write a list of all the ways she would like to see me improve in 2018. I should have taken a bigger notebook and a second pen; and the list wasn’t an easy one to hear. It’s true that few practices further humility like this one.
Raising Sons in a “Boys will be Boys” World”
This is the word.
How manhood plays out in the various personalities, interests, gifts, and cultures is wide and diverse. But what it means to be a man is unchanging. I’m less concerned about whether they play sports, and more concerned about if they stand up for the kid getting picked on. I’m less concerned if they choose cooking over a drill, and more concerned that they honor women as co-image bearers. You see where I’m going with this? I don’t want to make the mistake that the culture makes, and make manhood about one thing (in the culture it’s about sex and in some church contexts it’s about hyper-masculinity). The stereotypes don’t help anyone—man or woman.
Theology Matters?
