Tuesday’s Passion: Following a Reformer with a Simple Creed (Mk. 12:28-34) March 15, 2009 A couple of years ago, researcher David Kinnaman asked 16-to-29-year-olds… Read More »Tuesday’s Passion: Following a Reformer with a Simple Creed (Mk. 12:28-34)
Ron Wade is one of the shepherds at Highland. About fifteen years ago when a campus minister asked Ron if he would start a ministry to Asians in Memphis, he said “Yes.” About four years ago when the Highland church asked if he would serve as a shepherd, Ron said “Yes.” About two years ago when we needed to restructure our leadership so elders had more time for shepherding and were less involved in administration, we asked Ron to outline a plan. He said “Yes.” About a year ago leaders at HopeWorks asked if Ron would become their new director. Ron said “Yes.” But several months ago, Ron told me he needed to learn how to say “No.” He was too busy. He had too many demands on his time. And so half-jokingly and half-seriously, when I would see Ron in the hallway at church services I would mouth the word “No.” Each time we saw each other, I would mouth the word “No.” It’s still a struggle, but he’s learning. When I emailed him earlier last week to ask if I could have his permission to tell this story about him this morning, he replied “No.” But he explained he was just kidding.
Earlier this month a photo was taken at the White House. In it a white man and a black man sit in high back chairs in the Oval Office. The white man is President George W. Bush. The black man is President-elect Barak Obama. It is the first time that a black President-elect has ever been in the Oval Office. And this January, it will be the first time a black President takes up residence in the White House.
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A recent news magazine includes a photo taken on Wall Street.[1] Amidst business men and women stands a person wearing a white mask. The person appears to be a woman. She holds up a sign. The sign says, “You have every reason to worry.” The message continues on another sign hung around her neck: “No end in sight.” In the heat of the economic meltdown, here was one person’s conclusion: “You have every reason to worry. No end in sight.” Read More »Don’t Worry