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Archive for June, 2008

In bloom

Posted in Creation, Miami, New Heavens and New Earth, Sufjan Stevens on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I recently returned from a meeting in Dallas, TX. It was hot. The temperature was in the 90s for several days. June in Miami gets hot, too (though not in the 90s too often). But there are three things that makes the heat bearable for me every year.
First, the fruit trees. And when I say [...]

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An encouraging reunion

Posted in Church Planting, General Assembly on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My denomination, the PCA, just had it’s annual meeting in Dallas, TX this past week. We call it General Assembly. This year some 1000 pastors from the US, Canada, and many other places in the world gathered to pray, discuss, debate, and wrestle through issues that are important to those of us in the Presbyterian [...]

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Trust

Posted in Providence of God, Sovereignty of God, Trust, Westminster Standards on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I am flying to Dallas in a short while to attend my denomination’s annual meeting. Leaving my family for any stretch of time seems to be getting harder. If I am truly honest the reason it is so hard is that when I am not around I have to really trust God to [...]

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A blog by any other name

Posted in Blog Name, Church Planting, Jeremiah 29:7, Miami, Renewal on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It took Kate a long while to come up with a title to her blog. Mine came rather quickly, but that doesn’t mean that it might not get changed at some point. So why “Peace and Prosperity?” One of the objectives of this blog is to help us (but truthfully mostly me) [...]

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And so it begins…

Posted in Conan, Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, Thulsa Doom on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It seems that if you are in my family the rite of passage for beginning your blog is to look to someone who was in a Conan film for inspiration. For my brother-in-law it was Grace Jones. For my wife it was Arnold himself. For my blog I have decided that James Earl Jones [...]

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