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Rick Higgins
Soul Print invites you to examine defining moments in your life that have shaped your identity. By examining your life from a biblical perspective Mark Batterson provides helpful advice that will hopefully enable you to experience the joy of… Continue Reading →
It was great to have an opportunity to minister in Germany and now it’s great to be home. Jeanne was waiting for me at the airport and we drove home and had a nice meal in front of the fireplace… Continue Reading →
In chapel today we sang one of my favorite hymns “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” aka “A Mighty Fortress is our God.” Here I was in Germany thinking that almost 500 years ago the German saints were singing this… Continue Reading →
After being in the classroom all day I took a long walk this evening. It was beautiful! The mild temperatures made for an alluring walk through this picturesque German town. I loved seeing the German architecture and hearing the Church… Continue Reading →
James Emery White, pastor of Mecklenburg Church in Charlotte Carolina, has a great blog at this address: http://www.churchandculture.org/blog.asp?id=632 If you are a parent you definitely need to read his post! I’m having a great time in Germany – making new… Continue Reading →
I arrived in Stuttgart about 9 a.m. this morning and my friend Markus was waiting to pick me up, it’s good to reconnect with my friends in Germany. We went to a Jugend Konferenz (youth conference) in the morning and… Continue Reading →
I’m leaving tomorrow for Germany – I find travel an enriching experience, especially international travel. We can get so caught up in our way of doing things that we forget about the rest of the world. Sociologists call this phenomenon… Continue Reading →
4,500,000,000 is huge number – so what is significant about that number? Last week I read Radical by David Platt and he states, “. . . more than 4.5 billion people in the world are without Christ.” The author challenges… Continue Reading →
This past weekend we had a rare opportunity to get the whole family together at Great Wolf Lodge. What an amazing time! We went rafting down some awesome slides, played games together, went out for a great steak dinner, and… Continue Reading →
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus who is often depicted as having two heads, one looking back and the other looking forward. Metaphorically Janus symbolized change and transitions. As we enter a new year we… Continue Reading →
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” This thought by Goethe is worth considering as we enter the New Year. As we hang up the new calendar we have a tabula rasa,… Continue Reading →
I love Christmas eve as much as Christmas day. I think part of it is the anticipation of celebrating the birth of Jesus. To anticipate an event is to look forward to it and in a positive sense it’s an… Continue Reading →
Last night we took our grandchildren to see the Christmas lights at a nearby park and they were filled with wonder as they looked at the lights. The next morning they asked if they could see the lights again. Have… Continue Reading →
George Santayana is generally credited with the statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We realize the importance of this statement but why is this principle so often ignored? Approximately 2500 years ago the prophet… Continue Reading →
Time magazine recently named Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of facebook as the man of the year. While many may argue for their favorite selection there is no denying the impact of facebook. Lev Grossman writes, “In less than seven years,… Continue Reading →
