by Bob | Jan 6, 2009 | Prayer, Puritan Prayer
God All-SufficientThe following prayer is from The Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan prayers.”O Lord of Grace,The world is before this day,And I am weak and fearful,but I look to You for strength;If I venture forth alone I stumble and fall,but on the...
by Bob | Jan 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pros and Cons of the ShackThough I read, and then re-read, The Shack once I heard all the “buzz,” and though I intended to write a review (I have over 350 reviews on Amazon.com and have actually made it in the top 200 Amazon reviewers–out of over 5...
by Bob | Jan 2, 2009 | New Year's Resolution, Puritan Prayer, Valley of Vision
I Launch My Bark on the Unknown Waters of This YearAs we enter a new year, this prayer drawn from the collection of Puritan prayers in The Valley of Vision provides perspective.O Lord,Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in Thy presence, in Thy...
by Bob | Jan 1, 2009 | African American Christianity, Christian Living, New Year's Resolution
Be a New Year MVP for Christ!Almost everyone is at least tempted to make some sort of New Year’s resolution every January 1. Unfortunately, studies show what a meager percentage of us follow through.I find that our resolutions are too small–too focused on...
by Bob | Dec 31, 2008 | Absalom Jones, Beyond the Suffering, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve
“He Has Seen!”:Absalom Jones’ Historic New Year’s Message, Part IIIThe history of New Year’s Eve “Watch Night” services and of New Year’s Day messages is long and varied, carried out in white churches and black churches. In African American churches, a major part of...
