I have a four year old Grandson, named Jake.  He is sandwiched between two sisters and has a mom (my daughter juggling life as a single mom). To top it off his day care the last I heard he is one boy among 26 girls.  A few months ago they came to our house for a Saturday visit, and Jake looked up at me with those blue eyes and said “Grandpa when can we do a manday?” I said “What’s a Manday Jake?” “It’s where we go and do boy stuff with no girls around”. Well how can a grandpa resist that?  A few days later he was strapped into...

I have a four year old Grandson, named Jake.  He is sandwiched between two sisters and has a mom (my daughter juggling life as a single mom). To top it off his day care the last I heard he is one boy among 26 girls.  A few months ago they came to our house for a Saturday visit, and Jake looked up at me with those blue eyes and said “Grandpa when can we do a manday?” I said “What’s a Manday Jake?” “It’s where we go and do boy stuff with no girls around”. Well how can a grandpa resist that?  A few days later he was strapped into...

I admit for years I was a church shopper.  Hitting the latest and greatest of modern evangelical attempts to build something called Church and attract us and get us engaged in service and worship.  In my mind it has been a major failure.  Men by and large dread going to church and many have simply dropped out.  Oh sure they may be a physical presence in the pew, but their hearts and minds are elsewhere. Yesterday on the way to work, I heard a quick news report on the local Christian Radio station.  It was a research report asking the question why men don’t...

I admit for years I was a church shopper.  Hitting the latest and greatest of modern evangelical attempts to build something called Church and attract us and get us engaged in service and worship.  In my mind it has been a major failure.  Men by and large dread going to church and many have simply dropped out.  Oh sure they may be a physical presence in the pew, but their hearts and minds are elsewhere. Yesterday on the way to work, I heard a quick news report on the local Christian Radio station.  It was a research report asking the question why men don’t...

I have a small pile of notebooks that have quotes from books I have read or sermons I have heard that have stirred my heart and mind over the years.   I peruse these notes occasionally during a dry season, or to set my focus as I head into a period of ministry or a difficult situation.  They are great resource and at times a great comfort as I often remember the moment I read that quote, or heard that message.   Two that have most stirred my soul in the past few years are these.  A sermon by Doug Banister entitled “dead at 40 and buried at 70” is one that...

I have a small pile of notebooks that have quotes from books I have read or sermons I have heard that have stirred my heart and mind over the years.   I peruse these notes occasionally during a dry season, or to set my focus as I head into a period of ministry or a difficult situation.  They are great resource and at times a great comfort as I often remember the moment I read that quote, or heard that message.   Two that have most stirred my soul in the past few years are these.  A sermon by Doug Banister entitled “dead at 40 and buried at 70” is one that...