Steve A Johnson Men have an easier time dressing for work than women, I’ll admit. Most guys wear basically the same outfit, with minor variations. Without much effort or expense, I’ve always dressed just a little better than the frumpy guy down the hall and a little below the boss. It’s the happy medium that seems to keep me out of fashion trouble. For years, I wore a tie and even a coat to work. But eventually, the prevailing crowd wore me... Read more
He’ll set everything right. I’m counting on it. Please, share with a friend if you feel moved. Read all past issues at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davidrupert Read more
The long running “Gilligan’s Island” assembled a cast of contrasting characters who had to work together for survival. The Skipper, Gilligan and the castaways pooled their talents and abilities so that all could return home. Conversely, the television series “Survivor” pitted the island mates against each other in a Darwin inspired “survival of the fittest.” This is Evolution’s dirty little secret. When the theory is carried out to its natural conclusions, humans must continue to evolve. In order to evolve,... Read more
I was honored to have this article published in the February Issue of More Living Magazine. You can subscribe here. I’m connected — wired at home, at work, and on my hip. Info is always available. Need a price check, an airline schedule, or a quote for a Bible study? Got it. The collected knowledge ofthe ages can be accessed in seconds. Google, the company, is now Google, the verb. Photo by Di Benard Recently I was challenged to ponder life without Google. Well, not just ponder,... Read more
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What if Jesus wasn’t born 2000 years ago, but he came today. What would that be like?Dallas Willard, in The Divine Conspiracy, writes this, “If he were to come today as he did then, he could carry out his mission through most any decent and useful occupation. He could be a clerk or accountant in a hardware store, a computer repairman, a banker, an editor, doctor, waiter, teacher, farmhand, lab technician, or construction worker.“He could have run a housecleaning service or repair... Read more
It’s all over the news. America’s best athlete of the century was a cheater. Not only did he skirt the rules, he methodically developed ways to avoid detection. He brought in others as dupes, and implicated an entire team. He shamed the sport. He shamed his nation. Now, the Olympic committee is pondering whether to pull bicycling as an Olympic sport. It’s a national tragedy. We stood and cheered him as he overcame cancer. We wore his bracelets and... Read more
Jeff Johnson‘s Musical High Calling I stood with Jeff Johnson overlooking the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country and his eyes danced with wonder. Like an artist who breathes in a subject before touching a brush, or a writer brimming with words but has no paper, Johnson’s music is a reflection of a world that resonates God’s splendor. For him, Laity Lodge is more than just a pretty postcard. It’s an inspirational backdrop for some of his most innovative work that now spans 35 years... Read more
Everything we do is marked by the steady march of time. Seconds lead to minutes to hours to days to weeks to years to decades to centuries. The problem for all of us is that the clock is always running the wrong way, and we simply cannot stop its precipitous crawl toward the next tick. We lose moments to the past, out of our reach, never to be regained. Where did all the years go? The kids have grown and... Read more
I’m honored to share this space with Margaret Feinberg, a writer who has a sense of the Divine on this earthly plane. She’s a popular speaker, author and, as I just found out, my neighbor, living just a couple of miles up the road. I asked her to write this piece for The High Calling, where it appeared today. I’ve excerpted a piece of the article below, but I encourage you to read the full article here and then work your... Read more
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