By Shawn McMullen Last January the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground in the harbor of the Tuscan island of Giglio and keeled over after striking underwater rocks. More than 30 people died in the incident. One of the survivors, a woman from France, later explained that her husband had sacrificed himself for her […]
Whatever you do
By Shawn McMullen Having reached her support-raising goal, our daughter Kelsey recently moved to Louisville, Kentucky to begin her work as a project fulfillment specialist with the mission organization Team Expansion. She serves as a facilitator for Team Expansion’s PACE program (Pray, Activate, Commit, Enlist), a partnership with local congregations who have a vision […]
Common sense caretakers
By Shawn McMullen God cares about the natural world. Genesis 1 tells us he created it—land, sea, and sky, along with plant and animal life—and called it “good.” As creator of the natural world, God is its owner. The psalmist noted, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all […]
Leading a church is hard work
By Bob Russell “It’s much more difficult to oversee a church than to run a business.” That statement was made recently by a business executive who had resigned from an international corporation to accept a position as the administrator of a large church. Business analyst Peter Drucker suggested that the three most difficult jobs […]
It takes more than wisdom
By Shawn McMullen Last month our “in the World” news page contained a news item with the headline, “Brain May Decline as Early as age 45.” Apparently recent studies suggest “that the brain’s abilities to reason, comprehend, and remember may start to worsen” at that age. Thankfully, the report concluded that maintaining a healthy […]
