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04.09.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I have a son whose answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up,” was simply, I want to be a worker. These words were spoken...
Another Meditation on the Life of David
04.08.21 | Shepherding | by Dan Steere
David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem. ~ 1 Samuel 17.15 It must have been very difficult for the youngest son, who had...
04.08.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Pediatrician, Dr. Robert Hamilton, founder of Pacific Ocean Pediatrics in Santa Monica, California, hosts a winsome podcast in which he...
How (Difficult) Conversations Work
04.06.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Professor Darrell Bock writes, “Difficult conversations don’t have to be things to fight through; they may become moments where iron really does sharpen...
04.02.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
It’s Good Friday. I suspect that many of my neighbors (and yours) have no idea. I may be wrong. Was there a time when you could greet...
04.01.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Historically, a Maundy Thursday celebration was a short, simple gathering of the church in worship, followed by an austere meal together. The...
Helpful Primer on Cultural Engagement
03.30.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Late last year, Darrell Bock published an introductory book on a topic he has been writing about for years. Dr. Bock teaches at Dallas Theological Seminary (faculty bio) and writes prolifically...
03.26.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
I received this article from a member of our Missions Committee. In it I read about Swedish missionaries, David and Svea Flood. To N’dolera, in present day Democratic Republic of...
03.25.21 | Shepherding | by John Jones
Easter is here. Again. It was here five years ago, too. And ten years ago. It does seem to keep coming. I’ve been reading a short anthology of essays by people from the world of business; they mostly write about how to be business-y...
03.25.21 | Coffee Stained Notebook | by John Jones
Many thanks to Russell St. John at World Magazine for some skilled reporting. He exposes a tendency behind Barna researchers in the way they frame their questions. In Questioning the Survey, St. John asks us...
