I finished Eugene Peterson’s classic book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, and found again this theme of God’s enduring call, our struggle to follow in a fallen world and the deep blessings that come from our faithful response to that call. I am reminded again that blessing is no guarantee of a way…
Category: leadership
Life of the speaker
In a rather odd way, I have the opportunity to see into the world of two individuals who are on, what I call the speaker’s circuit. If you don’t understand that, it might be helpful for me to expand that out a bit. Obviously, President Obama is not one of the people I know who…
What does it mean to be blessed?
In the past number of months as Wendy and I have had this overwhelming sense of God’s blessing, not just in terms of the lovely home we are in, or what the bank might report on us, but being close to Philip and Amanda, our ability to work remotely, our new neighbours, the experiences of…
