May 30, 2004 A Pentecost meditation: God (and therefore Christ and the Holy Spirit) was, is, and will ever be the same. How then can I understand what is written in the Word in a way that is compatible with the way I see the world now? If they appear at odds with one...
Midwife to “new birth” or palliative care/hospice nurse for one intent on giving up…..sometimes I do not know which role I am being given. As a pastor one can point to hope, testify to hope, give the reason for one’s own hope, share stories of...
Charles Spurgeon writes, “When you lean your head on His bosom, you not only receive, but you give Him joy; when you gaze with love upon His all-glorious face, you not only obtain comfort, but impart delight. Our praise, too gives Him joy–not the song of...
I write from time to time about “thoughts upon awaking”, the things that I find at the front of my mind as soon as my eyes are open. This morning it was “The Wizard of Oz” movie….of all things. I haven’t seen it in years. But somehow it played into my pre-awaking...
I had studied the information cited below on children’s status in ancient cultures in human development and social science classes through the years. It is also well documented that Methodists worked in the 18th century to eliminate child labor abuses and foster...
Over the last year Titus 2’s ministry has received several gifts of jewelry. Most of it has been costume or vintage jewelry, although some gold chains were received from one donor. Sale of some of the pieces has provided over $450 of income to the ministry. Several...
In an article in a recent professional publication, William L. White, MA, an addiction counselor for 26 years, writes about a 17 year study in Illinois communities of traumatized women whose addiction led them to abuse or neglect their children. Project SAFE...
Titus 2 ladies know well the lasting scars that consequences of poor decisions and sinful behavior have. For many of them, they have come to believe that there was no way to get beyond them. They did not understand the power of Christ’s redemptive work on the...
“The word, “plan,” is, in the Greek, oikonomia – economy. It means an order, an administration, a way of “keeping house” that flows from a set of priorities through a bank of resources into a new order on earth, one that reflects the way things are in heaven....
Thoughts on Titus 2 Ministry’s Theory of Change Principle observed: “All behavior is purposeful. Everyone does what they do because they perceive that it works.” Until it no longer provides the “payoff” they are seeking, they will not begin...
