Ephesians 3:17-19
As we start our climb toward the climax of spring we see the reproduction process of nature intensify evidenced by the proliferation of pollen everywhere. As pollen gets all over your clothes, your car, even in our bodies triggering allergies for some, do you ever stop and think that during this time we are caught... Continue Reading →
[SNCC singing "We Shall Overcome" 1966 photo New York Times] In America, most people would consider me to be a black man or an African-American man. Take notice that in both instances race and ethnicity comes first, then “man”. Most people even see themselves as either a black person or a white person and so... Continue Reading →
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I attended a bible study recently and it was good for the most part. Every one left feeling they knew the right things to do. It was evident that everyone understood the lesson however; as we prepared to end in prayer I felt something was undone. I continued to focus in on this feeling I had and it became clear.
It was a men’s bible study and men have a tendency to be so cerebral, intellectual, and logical. We had given the men the “what” but we failed to clarify the process of “how”. Acknowledging a need to make changes or improvements is only part of the solution. Being aware of a need creates the potential for change but does not ensure that actual change will be accomplished.
Men have known the right thing to do since Genesis yet history proves that this awareness has not created a righteous civilization…
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When you think of an instrument maker and how he crafts different instruments you will realize there are vastly different processes employed to produce each instrument. Take brass instruments, first the brass has to be extracted from the ground and then fired to extreme heat to be formed. Now look at wood winds, they have... Continue Reading →
What do you think of when you think of your first love? Do you think of your first serious crush or perhaps the first person you gave yourself to. Now think…does that love still inspire you, fulfill you, strengthen you, protect you, give you peace, give you joy, give you life. YESHUA says, if you... Continue Reading →
Time races like a raging river, moving from east to west, from sunrise to sunset, dragging everything in its grasp along its course, However in this mighty river there are monuments as great stones that stand immovable, Stones that stand as memorials in time of momentous events that were life changing, When we learn from... Continue Reading →
I wait for you at the well of my love but you will not come and drink.I call for you to come and you seem bothered by the invitation.I think maybe the drawing of the bucket is too much, so I make the well to run over.Yet you still will not come.So I go to... Continue Reading →
Most friends and acquaintances prefer to be around us when we are celebrating or have good news to share and that is understandable. I find it extremely comforting though to know that the Almighty desires to be around us MOST when we are hurting and discouraged. When we are AT our worse or IN our... Continue Reading →
Sharing this from my blog dedicated primarily to strengthening men.
Are you still flexible enough to put your foot in your mouth? Most men are, even late into their years. I recently took a class on my job that dealt with leadership and problem resolution. The class left me with a few nuggets that were not only useful in the office but were also useful on a much wider scale. One of the key bits of advice that I knew I needed was how to give objective feedback. Objective feedback was defined as feedback free of the following:
Analysis
Commentary
Assumptions
Conclusions
Judgments
I am challenged with two items in this list, namely “Analysis” and “Commentary”. I, like the majority of men, have a propensity to be analytical when taking in information. As a matter of fact, I am not even sure if I know how to listen without analyzing. This is why the next item on the list is…
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The assaults on our heart are pretty relentless. When we are not being attacked from the outside, we still have to contend with the occasional utterances of our own wounded heart, questioning our well-being. The wounded heart can be a fifth column, an enemy within. This is why God is creating in us a... Continue Reading →
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