23
Aug
2010
Praying with My Children Before School Starts
Giving Thanks Today was the first day of school for my children. All the prep was finished late last night. First day clothes were selected and laid out. I made a quick run to the store for a couple of items that still needed to go in backpacks. The most important preparation of all was... Read More
20
Aug
2010
My Big Bible Reading Blunder
I try to enter every day with what I call my ‘Big Five’ list. I use to sit down and write out a bottomless list of meetings, commitments, tasks, and sundry chores that needed attention. The list was never realistic. So, it was demoralizing when I never finished. Far too many items got carried over... Read More
19
Aug
2010
Inductive Bible Study Links Fixed
In a prior post I had recommended an inductive bible study method by the campus ministry Stumo and I had links to there handouts. I recently revisited my post and discovered that the links in the post and on my resource page were broken. Seems Stumo decided to rework their site which left my links dangling with... Read More
17
Aug
2010
Seven Prayer Tips to Improve Your Prayer Life
Photo by Ruth Arnold Any prayer discipline can be improved just by applying a few prayer tips. 1) Schedule your prayer time. You can prayer at anytime and all the time, but have you set aside a time just to be with God? We make time for what is important and having a daily time... Read More
16
Aug
2010
Do You Want to Save Time and Never Miss a Post?
Many of my readers subscribe to The Practical Disciple. You can subscribe in two ways. You may subscribe by RSS or receive posts by email. I have noticed that most of my subscribers do so by mail. I suspect that many of my readers are unacquainted with using a reader so I have written an... Read More
11
Aug
2010
A Prayer for Teachers
Last night I was skimming Facebook status lines before I called it a day and noticed one in particular by my friend Angie S. in Missouri. She offered a prayer for teachers Her status read as follows… Angie S. has been saying prayers all day for all of her friends associated with educating children! I... Read More