"A reasonable man tries to adapt himself to the world. An unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw
"A reasonable man tries to adapt himself to the world. An unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw
The second speaker in the symposium was Johnny Derouen, Youth Ministry prof at SWBTS… Perhaps I missed it, but I'm not sure Dr. D addressed the same questions as the others. But that's fine. What Johnny talked about was very timely and appropriate. And I think we all needed to hear it. I know I [...]
Last Thursday, Steve and I made the trek to the campus of my alma mater, SWBTS, in Ft. Worth to listen in on a Youth Ministry Symposium. Although the WiFi nazis wouldn't let me online, I was able to take lots of notes on my Mac. I'll try to post/digest them here. So…what's the deal [...]
We're starting something new here at tomcottar dot org. In catching up on my reading over the past few weeks, I've realized how much I write in the books I'm reading. I highlight. I circle. I add my comments. I sometimes scratch out things as well…I actually love to read. Why? Because I'm beginning to [...]
Blogging has been pretty impossible this week: Christmas/Ministry activities every night, preparing for Darien's early birthday party on Saturday, family coming in, ad infinitum. Next week will be more of the same. But the good news is there are some interesting things on the horizon for tomcottar dot org. I'll be starting a few regular [...]
Our youngest with his best buddy, Jordan…
Although I've admittedly slacked from my reading of Boyd's book I started months ago,some things have come to mind this week that I can't get over just yet. God has blessed us tremendously lately. Last Sunday morning, two more students came forward during our 'invitation/response' time. I got to pray with them about their relationship [...]
Thankfulness and gratitude are a choice. My buddy and fellow Oozer, Lance, chose to send me this via email last week. It speaks for itself. There's much talk on theooze about the negative aspects of many of our fundamentalist upbringings/early church experiences. But look at all of us; we were introduced to Jesus in those [...]
"We who practice the Christian tradition understand him as our vehicle to the divine. But for us to assume that God could not act in other ways is, I think, to put God in an awfully small box." – Katharine Jefferts Schori, 52, a former oceanographer who is the Presiding Bishop-elect of the Episcopal Church [...]
I'm done with being right. At least, I'm done expending copious amounts of needless energy trying to prove how right I am and how wrong others may be on secondary matters. Instead, I'm spending my energy, time, and resources on a few things that matter these days: Imitate Christ. Love God with everything you have. [...]