Nouns. Right there on the tip of her tongue. She knows things have names, but increasingly, they float away before she can use them.
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Gordon Dasher
I wake up at all hours of the night pleading with God for relief.
“Please, Father, take this pain away from me! Don’t make me go through this!”
In the climate of prosperity gospel, it might be a hard thing to hear that God’s purpose for you does not include Devine deliverance from disease, pestilence, violence, or property loss.
I don’t dig music like I once did. But when I was younger...
“We are praying for you and Jan”
Only a few minutes ago, some of my fellow pastors and I walked into the hospital room of a very dear friend who has a vicious cancer that threatens to take her life.
An indescribable and glorious joy, the apostle calls it
Loss! Pain! Fractured relationships! Death and disease! Failure!
When your world is crashing around you. When reality crashes in on you like an avalanche of snow and boulders. You are buried beneath the heavy weight of life – when you stand to lose it all.
A few people have asked me why I write this blog...
Discloser time – Jan and I haven’t always had a perfect marriage. Okay
Is there a difference between worrying about the future and dreading what you know is coming?
I’m writing this less than twenty four hours after that depraved attack on concert goers in Las Vegas that killed almost sixty people and wounded hundreds more. I don’t have a plausible explanation for why that deranged man did what he did. I just know that I’m sickened at the meaninglessness of it all.
I know that it bothers people when I say that I am in anguish....
For sixty two years of her life, Jan was an opinionated, stubborn, focused woman. Oh, did I mention emotional? ...
The funny thing about my wife (and her entire family) is that it is nearly (if not literally) impossible to get them to admit when they’ve been defeated in an argument...
But I have to be honest with you – I’ve always felt like there was something missing. Maybe you don’t know what I’m talking about, but most people, when I corner them on this subject, will admit that they’ve always felt the void too...
Have you seen the hit reality TV show, Naked and Afraid? It seems that two West Monroe men have been contestants on the show. Now they are local celebrities.
I thought about trying out for the show, but let’s be honest – one look at me and the producers would show me the door...
This past Saturday night I picked Ricky up from the Greyhound Bus station. The actual station is nice enough, but it’s located in a seedy side of town. On the side streets and parking lots are any number of homeless people sleeping it off or panhandling for money. Some see it as urban blight. I’m trying to see it as ministry opportunities...