A real life friend and colleague who’s a retired District Superintendent in our denomination wrote this earlier today: Today I am convicted of all the time I spent in my life on such insignificant things in ministry in the American Church. From Nominations to Credentialing, to Statistical reporting, to Charge Conferences, to Denominational battles, etc.…

There’s a segment of our population that’s “40% more likely than workers to suffer from clinical depression, and the reason boils down to feeling isolated, restless, and unfulfilled.” They’re retired. Wanna combat that sense of being unfulfilled? A line Patty loves to quote is the first one in Rick Warren’s monumental bestseller: “It’s not about you.”…

It can’t be said much better than this — Regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the…

Today would have been my mom’s birthday. Still trying to get used to seeing that last line on this —   — There’s a Bible passage that summarized her well. You have people you can name to whom this applies also: I’ve run hard right to the finish, believed all the way. All that’s left…

Our church choir sang this not long ago with a flute part interwoven with these lyrics. Wish you could have heard it! Here are obviously just the lyrics, but wow they have sure stuck with me. Check this out. Well worth your time to read all the way through — Here in this place new…

From where we were yesterday — A favorite John Wesley story of mine says that he was walking along with a friend and talking. Walking and talking, imagine that; right away you know this is gonna be a favorite of mine. The friend said he had some problems in his life that were causing him…

Starting where we stopped yesterday — Restlessness sometimes arrives holding hands with worry. Somebody has said that worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have. Covers it pretty well. Antidote? Here are three tablespoons of truth (hey, I think that’s the title of a book I need to write!)— Do not…

Picking up where we left off yesterday with our restlessness — A. W. Tozer is someone whose writings I’m happy to recommend to you. (Thank you David Bryan for turning me on to him when we were in school together!) For example, he writes of an innate and God-given “spiritual receptivity” we all have. It’s there.…

Picking up right where we left off yesterday with restlessness — Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10) Let’s spend some time with that directive and that reality today. See you back here tomorrow.

“Retirees are 40% more likely than workers to suffer from clinical depression, and the reason boils down to feeling isolated [and] restless,” writes Maurie Backman on The Motely Fool site. And yes, this is our third Monday in a row to consider that. It’s a pretty big deal. Here’s the source of this brief article…