The Purpose of Purpose and the Mission of Mission in Our Lives
Most everyone has dreams about what they want to accomplish. In the perfect sense these aspirations are what get us up each day and keep us pushing forward. The fact one wants to be a really good kindergarten teacher sustains that person through what is sometimes the drudgeries of the required education. The fact someone…
College Studies and Eternality
One of our students once asked me a question that I thought ranked fairly high on the profundity scale, especially given that she was only 18 years old. “What are the things we do on this earth that we will take with us into eternity?” As she clarified her question, I discovered that it had…
Reaching our Progressive Christian Friends
Several years ago, I went through an intense time of doubt after my faith was rocked in a class led by a pastor who admitted he was an agnostic, and who would later identify himself as a “progressive Christian.” At the time, I had never heard of progressive Christianity. Our class was just a dozen…
