The wall between spiritual success and failure is made of paper.
Psalm 18
July 18, 2010
A personal testimony
The Guatemala mission trip is filled with answers to prayer and reasons for praise.  It was, by every measure, a success.  It represents broader success at Corinth.
By God’s grace, my 17 years here have been successful in many ways.

In the mid-19th century, Philip Schaff came to America from Germany to teach at our seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  A decade later Schaff returned home to lecture.  He told his former countrymen how strange things were across the ocean.
Among the oddities Schaff had to explain was separation of church and state.  A natural result was [...]

DAILY BIBLE READING
Jul 12: Amos 6-9
Jul 13: 2Chron 27; Is 9-12
Jul 14: Micah
Jul 15: 2Chron 28; 2King 16-17
Jul 16: Is 13-17
Jul 17: Is 18-22
Jul 18: Is 23-27
Jul 19: 2King 18:1-8; 2Chron 29-31; Ps 48

 
NOTES FOR THIS WEEK’S READINGS
·         Someone has already commented to me, “I never knew much about Amos until I started reading it.” 

There is a way forward.
Psalm 51
July 11, 2010
Voices
Uriah: I am a soldier.  My loyalty is to the others who fight beside me.  We never know who will survive another day’s battles, but having brothers on either side of me who will make their bodies my shield if needed means fewer casualties and greater success.  We [...]

What motivates you to do your best work?
Does anyone around you understand that?
Daniel H. Pink thinks he knows the answer to the first question.  And his answer to the second question is no.
In DRiVE: the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Riverhead Books, 2009), Pink says most employers and educators use the “carrot-and-stick” approach.    Promise [...]