Take Up The Challenge
This blog suggests four books to become aware of the undercurrent of Marxism as it exists in our culture. I recommend four books to read this year, and if your interested we can have an online book club.
If you’re serious about growing in understanding these books will definitely help you get a grasp of our culture and what is happening.
I’d ask to commit to the first book and see where that goes. The second book by James Lindsay gives you insight into what is happening in our education systems - it’s not just about Drag Queen Story Hour, or grooming girls for transgender ideology. There’s a bigger picture behind it. The third book is a book about perspective. Face it, we live in a negative world concerning our culture - how do we interact as Christians? Finally, fasten your seatbelt as we see the enemy seeking to take culture back to its pagan roots. The loss of our Christian Witness puts us on the road to paganism. We’ll not only live in a pagan...
Never Stop Growing
Many of you know we lost our daughter to STAGE IV colon cancer over five years ago. Our loss was her gain; she went to her Lord and Savior and Joanne and I are grateful for the time we had with her here. We miss her, no question.
If you followed Jen’s last years on Facebook (Jennifer Ciervo Koren) you witnessed a courageous, positive, funny woman who fought for her life and with everything she had. We were blessed to have her and learn from her. Jen was a wordsmith and had names for everything, like her cars, gadgets, etc. One issue was front and center to her was her purpose in life. I believe she excelled in that.
Jen’s motto for most of her career and certainly her final days was “never stop growing.” At her memorial service in Maryland, she had sapling Blue Spruce pine trees for everyone to take home. A sign adorned each one with her motto, “Never Stop Growing.” We have at least four of them around our...
South Africa - Three Years Later
Three years ago I returned to the US. As we flew over the Atlantic I watched Flight Attendants use their feet to push open the lavatory doors. Their hands were filled with towels and disinfectants. The attendants followed every other person who went into the lavatory to wipe it down. At the time I didn't realize how serious this disease would be, only it was serious enough to clean after every other person.
It took three years for me to get back to South Africa. At times, I didn't know if I would ever get back. I'm happy to say that thought was not accurate. This was my busiest 10 days in a long time filled with people, preaching, teaching and making new friends.
In this first blog I share the circumstances I met and how we can all help our South African brothers and sisters. It's not impossible; we must simply be diligent.