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Archive of entries posted on May 2013

Pastors, Physicians of Souls

23 May 2013, 10:27 pm

There is a striking analogy between the office of a pastor and that of a physician They both have respect to the welfare of men and while the one seeks to heal the diseases of the body the other aims at restoring to health the disordered souls of men. It belongs to each not only […]

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Rootedness & Trust in Times of Trouble

16 May 2013, 3:30 pm

Several weeks ago now, John Crowder, pastor of First Baptist Church in West, TX, where the fertilizer plant exploded, wrote a moving and very useful column about ministry in the aftermath. He mentions a number of lessons he drew from the event, and several are useful for pastoral ministry. Here, in his words,  is one that stuck […]

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Once to Every Man and Nation

13 May 2013, 11:48 am

My poem of the week this week is James Russell Lowell’s “Once to Every Man and Nation.” This version, which appears in some hymnals, is edited from Lowell’s original, and I have left out some verses which are problematic. These three verses powerfully communicate the need to stand for truth whether or not you will […]

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Audio from “Read, Pray, Sing”

8 May 2013, 11:11 pm

We had a blessed time at our conference, “Read, Pray, Sing: The Psalms as an Entryway to the Scriptures.” One of my favorite comments was from a man who said he and his wife had been attending conferences for 35 years, and this one was “the most reviving to our souls of any we have […]

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Be Strong!

6 May 2013, 5:44 am

My poem of the week this week is another on the theme of perseverance. I am finishing out the school year with my boys memorizing these as an aid to stir them on to difficult tasks- and to stir me on as well! Be Strong! Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, […]

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