This photograph is the most reprinted photo in history. Joseph Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, took the picture on February 23, 1945 on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. The battle for control of this tiny island was one of the most horrific in modern history. After only five days of warfare against 22,000 [...]
A few years ago the twenty-something son of some old friends was killed in a car accident. Carl (not his real name) was the oldest son of three children and had just recently returned to the Lord. Ron and Mary were close friends. Carl’s tragic death was not the only trouble Ron and Mary have [...]
I’ve been reading a lot of books recently about discipleship, church planting and the “missional” lifestyle: Small is Big, by George Barna House to House, by Larry Kreider Starting a New Church, by Ralph Moore The Emotionally Healthy Church, by Peter Scazzero Church Planter, by Patrick Darrin and Mark Driscoll How to Multiply Your Church, [...]
The recent riots in Europe, the bombings in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the ongoing unrest through-out the Middle East are a disturbing reminder of the uncertain, and often ludicrous, nature of life on planet earth. In one instance a few years religious radicals, who didn’t like Americans, planted truck bombs in front of two American [...]
