What Matthew 6 teaches me about worry and ministry

Posted on December 2, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre 4 Comments

Worry does not become a virtue just because the worry is over ministry responsibilities.

Just sayin’ . . .

On a lost golden age

Rather than be nostalgic for something that never was, we can participate with God in responding correctly to the time in which we find ourselves.

Black, White, and Grey

Did God really say that when a vow is taken, it must be fulfilled to the fullest extent of our ability?

It turns out that those popular kids in High School really were as clueless as me; they were just better at hiding it. Now the popular kids are elected officials and still clueless. I came upon this thought as I wondered why the decisions made by our government representatives seem to be getting less rational. […]

C. S. Lewis on Christian morality

People often think of Christian morality as a kind of bargain in which God says, ‘If you keep a lot of rules I’ll reward you, and if you don’t I’ll do the other thing.’ I don’t think that is the best way of looking at it.

On bread, fish and urban ministry

I thought of a little boy who was going to a church meeting carrying his lunch. It was about two thousand years ago when Jesus was teaching the crowds and the disciples came to Jesus suggesting that he disperse the crowd so that they don’t pass out from hunger. Jesus took that boy’s lunch of bread and fish and multiplied it so that everyone could eat.

What Matthew 6 teaches me about worry and ministry

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