Here’s an idea. Give it a real try — three weeks or more — and see what it changes in your life. Don’t hit the button to move on just because this is about prayer. Maybe you’ve tried to change your prayer life a dozen times with books, seminars, and an unhealthy slathering of guilt. [...]
[Note: sometime in the next week or two, this blog and patrickmead.blogspot.com will be moving to patrickmead.net, a new site run by theobloggers] So, the papers are in the trash, half the gifts are broken or being returned, and the leftovers are piling up in the fridge. Welcome to “Christmas: the day after.” In the [...]
I get to stay home for the next two weeks — all the way through Christmas and New Years. I couldn’t be happier. Travel kicks in January 2nd when I leave for Colorado Springs and the National Youth Minister Conference (or whatever it’s called). I’ll speak for one day and then fly back the next. [...]
There is a black balloon in my office. It says “Oh No, the Big 5-0.” I walked into my staff meeting yesterday only to find black balloons, the afore mentioned one with “50″ on it, and a cake with a tombstone that played “Happy Birthday” in a dirge like tone. Whoopee. Some of the staff [...]
Jesus told us that God loves us more than sparrows; that He knows even the number of hairs on our head. That is amazing… and a little unbelievable if you don’t know science. Here’s a “for instance.” If mites infect the next of a house finch the hen protects her sons by laying eggs containing [...]
JoAn Dillinger is doing well. After an eleven hour + surgery yesterday she was sitting up and talking today. Talking about what? Talking to her surgeons about their need for Jesus and the power of prayer! Amazing. I spent part of today on the phone with a dear man whose young daughter is dying of [...]
I’ve been blogging about JoAn Dillinger at patrickmead.blogspot.com but wanted to move the discussion over here since this is a family and mental health blog. JoAn’s surgery began with anesthesia around 5:30AM and ended with suturing at 7:15PM. At 2PM the doctors came out and told the family that there was more cancer in JoAn [...]