Part 6 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following: 1. Seek first the kingdom of God. 2. Pray without ceasing. 3. Be open to God’s surprises. 4. Exercise endurance and beware of…

Part 5 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following: 1. Seek first the kingdom of God. 2. Pray without ceasing. 3. Be open to God’s surprises. 4. Exercise endurance and beware of…

What Can We Do If the Foundations of our Own Lives Collapse? READ Psalm 11:1-7  “The foundations of law and order have collapsed.  What can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3 In the original sense of Psalm 11:3, the foundations are the pillars of social order. Yesterday’s Daily Reflection focused on this meaning of the foundations.…

Move over Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John. I have been knighted . . . at last! It happened last Tuesday at the staff meeting of the H.E. Butt Foundation, the parent organization of Laity Lodge. There, the accounting department of the Foundation presented me with the prestigious Sword Award. No, it had nothing…

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