UNEXPECTED Deadbolt snap, front door swoosh, screen door scringe and I step out to cross the porch and down the stairs, to waiting car and off to work. But on this cold, dark mid-October morn, as orange light slips between the railing slats and dissolves unnoticed to black below, I’m stopped in my routine by […]
We can make our plans…
Last week, I attended the memorial service of Chuck Miller, friend and colleague of mine with The Leadership Institute.? Anyone who knew Chuck knew him for his ability to turn any moment into a lesson that would draw us into further dependence on Jesus.? It?s Chuck that brought home the lesson of Pitcher / Cup, […]
What Fuels Mission?
Ain’t nobody got time to sit around a campfire and sing Kumbaya. Poverty. Sex trafficking. Starvation. People who don’t know Jesus. We have to get to work because people are dying. Sometimes, prayer needs to take a back seat, after all, with so much work to be done. The worst thing we could do […]
Joyously Somber News Regarding Chuck Miller
Dear Friends of The Leadership Institute, We are writing to announce the passing this past weekend of Dr. Chuck Miller, one of the pillars of our ministry. He was one of the four founding faculty of The Leadership Institute. The creation of, and what the Institute has become, is unimaginable without him. A giant has […]
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
Like her parents, my oldest daughter is more on the introvertive side.? Sure, we can host crowds of people, or invite friends over, but we find our energy reprovisioned in a still and quiet house, being able to rest, read, pray and relax. So it was appropriate after a busy season of hosting that […]
An Ordinary Barn
Close your eyes and imagine the unassuming silence & ordinary simplicity of the stable two days before Christ’s anonymous entry into our humanity. Can you see the unremarkable ordinariness of this stable with flies buzzing about just like in a thousand other stables? The farm animals, shepherds, hay, and nearby inn were unwittingly knitted together […]
What do you want me to do, Lord?
What do you want me to do, Lord? The other night I was with a few friends talking about prayer. We were discussing what prayer is and what a vibrant prayer life looks like; we even swerved into discussing the place of prayer within the tension of our free will and God?s sovereign will ? […]
