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Come Home – A Poem

October 2, 2013 Poetry Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

I strain to hear that voice
“come back”
longing for the day I hear
“come home”

Holy Sonnet XIV by John Donne

May 26, 2012 Poetry Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Holy Sonnet XIV by John Donne has been on my mind this week. I thought I should share it with you without commentary.

Surgery

February 28, 2011 Poetry Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

I stand before my maker, becoming unmade and then made again, sometimes yielding, sometimes fighting, but always under the surgeon’s knife. Which is greater, the pain of being shaped or the pain of being left as I am?

God knows what He’s about . . .

April 9, 2010 Poetry Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Events of recent days reminded me of this anonymous poem. I originally heard Ravi Zacharias read it in a sermon and called RZIM to get the text. When God wants to drill a man, and thrill a man, and skill a man; When God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part; When […]

Don’t play the Korah card

I have been in a couple of situations where concerns were brought to a pastor who then likened the one who brought the concern to Korah attacking Moses. While I understand the temptation for a leader to deal with a complaint in this way, that temptation must be resisted. Not only is it inappropriate, it does nothing to fix the situation (unless of course the leader’s goal is to eliminate any other opinion than his own).

A lesson learned about puppies and prayer

While waiting for our puppy to settle in her crate, I learned that rather than getting impatient, I should take the time for prayer.

C. S. Lewis on going to church

When you got to church you’re really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends: that’s why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us going. He does it by playing on our conceit and laziness and intellectual snobbery.

Muggeridge on modern money-changers

Somehow it gave me an extraordinarily vivid sense of what it must have been like all those years ago in the Temple at Jerusalem, when the money-changers were chased out, and their tables overturned.

Good News Elevator Speech

In recent years, the business world has coined the phrase “elevator speech.” Sellers are encouraged to be able to explain their product offering to someone in the elevator in the 20 seconds or so it takes to get to their floor. Most people who have been in the church for a while have been taught […]

There is a gene for that

I recently heard an author say that there is a gene that causes people to be bad or good. What is the basis and what are the implications of such a belief?