Mumford & Sons – Come, Thou Fount
One of my favorite bands (Mumford & Sons) playing one of my favorite hymns (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing). Enjoy.
Dad = 73 years old
Happy birthday to my dad, my favorite septuagenarian New Testament scholar and corny-joke specialist in the whole world! Your commitment to the gospel and your calling; your love for Mom, us three boys and all your grandkids; your humility and graciousness to all around you; in all these things and more, you provide a great …
An unexpected farewell: Praise
This afternoon, a friend from Fuller suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. I wasn’t super close with Praise, but we were friends, and we had a lot of mutual connections. She was always quick with a smile and a laugh. She was a beautiful soul. Her Facebook quote so appropriately captures who she was and what …
Two presidents on American priorities
President Franklin D. Roosevelt: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Second Inaugural Address; January 20, 1937 President Dwight D. Eisenhower: Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket …
The love of God >>> everything else
Brennan Manning, who never ceases to challenge me with reminders of God: If you took the love of all the best mothers and fathers who have lived in the course of human history, all their goodness, kindness, patience, fidelity, wisdom, tenderness, strength, and love and united all those qualities in a single person, that person’s …