Zondervan has made available a sample of The Expeditionary Man to give you a feel for what it is like. Read the Sample »
I will be one of the speakers at the CBMC Family Conference at Schroon Lake, NY from Aug 28-31. During my sessions, I’ll be focusing on the core themes from my book The Expeditionary Man. This year will be the first time my family and I have attended, but I’ve heard rave reviews about the conference and the beautiful Adirondack locale from others. For more info and registration details, visit the CBMC Family Conference web site.
If I were to throw out the question “How are you discipling your kids?” to a men’s group at my church, the typical answers in response would be something like We hold a weekly Bible study, I lead a family prayer time, or I take my kids out weekly to talk. Men are problem solvers after all. So we tend to look at discipling as a set of tasks that we can work into our calendar. Family devotions, one-on-one talks, and prayer times are great activities, but they will usually prove ineffective if they stand on their own. The pitfall of an activity-based approach to family discipleship is that a man ends up segregating “discipleship” from “normal life.” To kids, discipleship becomes That Thing That Dad Leads at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, just before they get to watch Lost.
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Nearly four years since I first came up with the idea, my newest book The Expeditionary Man is finally available on Amazon.com and other stores. Of all of the books I have written, The Expeditionary Man is the one nearest and dearest to my heart, and the one I am most passionate in talking about. I just got my copy a little over a week ago from Zondervan and was excited to hold “my baby” for the first time.
Here’s a video overview:
Stay tuned. Much more info on The Expeditionary Man will be posted here over the coming weeks.
I wanted to pass along a short, but powerful story that my sister, Sandi, experienced firsthand this week:
On Wednesday night, my sister and others from her church were volunteering at Solomon Center, a food pantry in the Cincinnati area. They have been running very low on supplies lately, as the need has increased twofold and they’ve not been able to financially to double their supplies. As a result, they had a list of items that they were out of posted on white board.
A guest using a walker to get around came down to receive services. While there, he must have scanned the white board and seen that the food pantry was out of shampoo. After he received his order, he slowly ascended up the stairs, visibly struggling with his walker on each step. Once outside the Center, he walked in the pouring, driving rain to his car that was parked on the other end of the lot. Pushing his walker aside, he climbed into his car and got a plastic cup filled with—of all things—shampoos from a hotel. The old man then got back out of the car, walked all the across the parking lot with his walker, down the stairway, and—now thoroughly soaked to the bone—gave the gift to Sandi and her crew to help people who needed shampoo. Without fanfare, he then walked back up the stairs and back to his car to go home.
The volunteers at the Center were all humbled and overwhelmed by his generosity. Just like the widow who gave the mite in Jesus’ parable, this man gave out of his poverty. How many of us do the same?
