American culture is wrapped up in the "self.'There's Self magazine.A few years ago, many of us believed that infusing teenagers with self-esteem would solve their problems -- or prevent problems from arising in the first place.Even today, we focus in on self-respect...
As I posted last week, my daughter celebrated her 21st birthday on September 2.Well, yesterday my son Riley turned 18.Twenty-one and 18 . . . two major milestones.Anyway, as some of you know I was in the early days unsure about my ability to be a father to a son. I...
No, not the Led Zeppelin song of the same name.Instead, a way of reminding ourselves of the fact that Servolution has everything to do with our closest of relationships.And that servolutionaries need to know and remember when the servolution begins.I think you'll like...
. . . I became a dad.We lived in Georgetown, Kentucky, I was in my last year at Asbury Seminary, and our daughter Taylor Charlotte Davis was born at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.I still remember that she had a head of thick dark hair (like her mom, of...
Servolution isn't even complete yet, but we are already talking about the next series: Sacred Marriage.Here's a glimpse of how important the series is to me:I love it when the Sunday messages and Pathfinders groups are so tightly connected. For this particular...
If you like tennis, the end of August and beginning of September really is the best time of the year. Almost like a two-week Christmas, except with good weather.It's the U.S. Open.Here's are the five top reasons why I like it:1. It's the truest test in tennis. The...
Yesterday was notable for a couple of reasons:1. We received new members into the church at both the 8:30 and 10:00 services. That's not unusual -- it happens every six weeks or so. What IS unusual is the fact that one of those new members is a 92 year old man. I had...
Last Friday, I posted about my son's first game in his senior season on the football team at Charlotte Christian School.They won that game 14-13 and Riley played extrordinarily well.So we're on it again tonight. I'm learning why parents make such a big deal over high...
I spent some of Wednesday afternoon in a federal courtroom in uptown Charlotte.(Sadly, a friend of mine was there for a sentencing hearing.)The hearing was sparsely attended; in fact, aside from the court officials, I was the only one there.Yet as I sat in that...
Jesus tells a story in Luke 18:1-8 that most people call "The Parable Of The Persistent Widow":1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor...