The text came in at 9:58 p.m. “Rachel, I just wanted you to know…” I had been thinking about this woman just a half hour earlier. “It’s late,” I’d thought, “I will text her in the morning. It’s been too long since I’ve heard from her. I need to let her know we’re still here, …
“Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” Psalm 107:8 We are certainly praising the Lord for all that He did not only this past Friday at the Forum on Fatherlessness but also throughout the weekend. I want to thank each of you …
I once wrote a story in which a farmer and a cowboy sit atop their horses on a butte overlooking the vast Montana landscape. The cowboy is almost certain he’s lost his mind to even consider what he’s about to do. The farmer assures him that if God is leading him into the venture, then …
I am not a fan of heights. In fact, I once wrote an entire blog about that. Despite my distaste for high places, I love hiking in the mountains. I’m not a blaze-your-own trail, wander-through-the-wilderness, hike-for-days-on-end kind of hiker—but I love a good day-hike on a well-groomed, well-MARKED trail. Several years ago, I had the …
Last summer, two friends kept suggesting we spend a day at this place their parents had taken them to as children. They remembered driving to a lake that dried up each summer. They insisted it was called “Big Dry,” but no one else seemed to know anything about it. I got out a map to …
Week 12: James and the Fatherless Day 4: Are You Listening? (James 1:19) Don’t you hate that feeling of talking to someone, telling them something really important, all the while knowing they aren’t listening to you? In those moments, it can be difficult to resist the temptation to say, “And then a watermelon crossed the …
Week 3, Part 2: Widows Indeed Day 4: Setting An Example Luke 2:36-38; 4:25,26 Yesterday we saw the stark difference between Jesus’ way of relating to a widow woman and that of the Pharisees. Today we are going to start looking at several illustrations from the New Testament of the honor that God gives to …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 2: Job’s Reasoning (part 1 – What Do We Believe About God?): Job 31:23 “For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.” The reason for Job’s commitment to meeting the needs of the fatherless is two-fold. …
Week 1 – Lessons from the Law Day 4 – God’s Plan for Provision: Deuteronomy 14:28,29; 16:11-14; 24:17-22; 26:12,13 Money. Money. Money. Why are so many things about money! It seems sometimes like money is the biggest hurdle in reaching out to the fatherless. Taking on a children’s home or even just adding one child …
