Katy’s Weblog
God has called me to leave a church that I didn’t want to leave, to take on a job that I never imagined I would do, and begin a new phase of my life that I wasn’t expecting.
Two years ago, I started praying about what I would do when my youngest child goes off…
From Sean McDowell:
Many kids leave the church because they never built healthy relationships with their parents or other Christian adults. If we want to teach the biblical worldview effectively, we must first help kids get emotionally healthy.
This is why I deeply believe in mentoring. Jesus was a mentor. My hope is that mentoring…
From “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism–the New American Religion” By R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Christian Post Columnist
…religious beliefs held by American teenagers, they found that the faith held and described by most adolescents came down to something the researchers identified as “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.”
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism consists of beliefs like these: 1. “A god exists…
I unexpectedly saw a long time friend at Soupplantation today. We were both waiting for our lunch partners so it was a perfect opportunity to catch up.
To be honest, she is merely an acquaintance, and we barely recognized each other, but our conversation was so encouraging to me.
Here are some quotes I want to remember from the book Revolution in World Missions. Very convicting stuff.
* As I studied the Gospels, it became clear to me that Jesus understood well the principle of reaching the poor. He avoided the major cities, the rich, the famous and the powerful, concentrating His ministry on the poor laboring class. If we reached the poor, we have touched the masses of Asia.
In the sermon at church today, I was reminded about the rich young ruler to whom Jesus spoke. Jesus looked at the young man and loved him. He could relate to the challenge that was put forth – to give up his riches and power to follow God. Jesus himself gave up heaven’s riches and the authority he had at the right hand of God. He temporarily set those aside to fulfill God’s will for him and he was asking the rich young ruler to do the same.
Read more of “Would you be willing to give up wealth and power?”
Read this definition of discipleship from church:
Intentionally imitating Christ and reproducing increasing Christlikeness in others through caring relationships that practice accountability.
Various forms of discipleship: Family (parents and children), One-on-one/mentoring; Biblical counseling (issue-specific); Evangelism (from unbeliever to a believer); Sermons (being discipled by the Word); Sunday School (being discipled by the Word); Small group…
This book has given me a whole new way of thinking about world missions. K.P. Yahannan, an Indian (from India) writes about the vision God called him to, and the reasons for that vision.
The mission organization he started, Gospel for Asia has the distinctive of supporting national missionaries rather than sending missionaries overseas. He…
Read more of “Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yahannan”
My daughter has a very heavy load of classes this year, her junior year of high school. It’s only the second week of school and she’s stressing out – “I have SO MUCH homework!” She’s studying every single minute, and not having a balanced life.
I gave her a lecture about why she should not…
As much as I like to change things up once in a while, like repainting a wall color or moving the furniture, there is comfort in the familiar.
Take for example our church’s annual Memorial Day picnic. We knew what would be served, because it’s the same every year. In the car on the way…