Wisdom Loves to Fish By Jack Frederick Fishing is not easy. If you don’t love to fish then fishing is often not fun. It’s only fun when the fish are biting and when you’re catching fish if you don’t love to fish. I never knew anyone who loved to fish like my friend...
Wisdom Never Gives Up No, this is not a pregnancy announcement. However, to me this little outfit is pregnant with meaning. (So. the picture does not show how little the shirt is. Trust me, it's little. My arm is only so long.) No one knows (until now) the meaning...
Wisdom Finds Spiritual Heroes By Kevin Miller Several months ago I was on the phone helping a friend and fellow disciple with his marriage—communication, emotional intelligence, patience—this kind of stuff. This brother and I had known each other in the faith for...
Wisdom Imparts By Justin Gonet A month or so ago, my family and I stayed at the Shaw house for a weekend as we often do these days. That Saturday night Wyndham wanted to teach my son, Micah, an impromptu lesson about fishing—to impart the tenets of the sport that’s...
Wisdom Trusts Jacob: You know Dad, I could lift you much easier if you would let go of the bar. Wyndham: Sorry, I keep forgetting to let go. Jacob: Dad, you can let go. I will never, ever drop you. They laugh. I turn my head to hide the mist forming in my eyes. “I...
Wisdom Asks the Most Important Questions. You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God. It was never was about you and them anyway. A powerful closing to a soul-piercing poem by Mother Theresa. It’s all too easy to excuse ourselves from doing what is right...
Wisdom Understands Buckets and Funnels Nor’easters. They are fierce. For those of us living in New England these mean high winds—accompanied by hearty downpours of rain or hefty droppings of snow. Today's forecast calls for a foot of snow. Last week’s nor’easter was a...
Wisdom Keeps Showing Up If Woody Allen had it right when he said, “Showing up is eighty percent of life,” then Wyndham has lived a lot of life. Showing up consistently is particularly important. Jesus showed up consistently. In fact, he promises to always be with...
Wisdom Keeps Its Head In All Situation By Mike VanAuken I saw Wyndham keep his head while everyone around him was losing theirs. As a result, he was able to lead the Boston Church through dramatic transformation, building on her many strengths while laying the...
Wisdom Passes the Torch Cash McHargue And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. (2 Timothy 2:2) This scripture is very familiar to anyone who has served in the full-time...
Wisdom Keeps on Giving By Carolyn Harrell Sometimes when you want to share so much, most of the sharing goes on while lying awake in the middle of the night and is only remembered in pieces when morning comes, and is only heard by God, Jesus, and Spirit. That’s what...
Wisdom Builds Family It’s one thing to have people in your life who you love deeply. It’s another to be a catalyst to help those you love to love each other. That’s what building family is all about. It’s Jesus’ great desire expressed in John 17. Love and unity,...