My wife and I found our life’s work in working with families like ours. We are doing this work in China. What we see may be relevant outside China, but I could not say with any authority. Ministry to Families is So Slow We work with families, but what that means is it starts with mothers. We work with 1st generation Christian or seeker mothers which ultimately impacts children and fathers. These mothers are in deep need, and so come …
I twice got on a plane to China with no solid income stream to help me get in. These obvious trusting in God times were exciting as I went out in faith. However, I struggle to connect to God and to pray. It is hard for me to gain explicit trust due to this problem. Last year, I bought a prayer journal. I started to write prayers in it and felt my life and connection grow again. Somehow how writing …
China is a 1st generation Christianity country. What I mean is that I hired 48 Christians in one job and all 48 were raised in non Christian families. So while my context is China, I think it relates to all first generation faith. We in the West are nearly 20 generations beyond Martin Luther (1517) and 9 generations from Jonathan Edwards and GeorgeWhitefield(1750) who were the first evangelicals. First generation people know the darkness. They care about evangelism more. They …
My parents and siblings went to church and could not find God. However, I did find God. Hearing the Word often does not sink in. We are like the path where the seed cannot take root at all. Revelation is precious. We need revelation. We need teachability. In Celebrate Recovery, I learned that we are all in denial. So a key to a life of faith is to try to see and admit where we are in denial. Once I …
I think Does God Like Psychology is a good question. Let’s think through it some. First, We can all likely agree that Sigmund Freud will not be in heaven. We can agree that his thought that almost every problem relates to sex is nonsense. A Puzzle to Obey God and Become Human I have written that I grew up with parents that did not want me to feel. When I was 26, God showed me clearly he wanted my heart …
