Feelings … oh, oh, oh feelings …
People are addicted to feelings. The biggest problem with that? We like to feel instead of do. We want to have experiences without the effort. We want […]
02
Nov
2011
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
02
Nov
2011
Innovating on God …
Sometimes it’s a little dismaying watching church leaders with their non-stop wrestling with thinking up new models for the church. Especially when inches from them sits a […]
01
Nov
2011
Editing God …
There was red ink all over the paper. My high school journalism teacher had just handed back to me the first news story I had ever written. […]
30
Oct
2011
The face-off …
Coming out of a challenging childhood, following the death of my mother, and struggling as an independent teenager to survive, I was battered with one challenge after […]
28
Oct
2011
“Out Of A Far Country” tells a new prodigal story … x2
Life had to get really bad for the biblical prodigal son to get out of the pig sty in a country far from home and return to […]
27
Oct
2011
Spamming God …
If God received prayer via a celestial email system, would He need a spam filter for your prayers? Spam is all that electronic mail and messages we […]
26
Oct
2011
BOOK REVIEW: “Going Deep” offers a nugget without going deep
I waited with eager anticipation for my review copy of Gordon MacDonald’s latest book, “Going Deep” (published by Thomas Nelson) to arrive. The content of the book […]
25
Oct
2011
Growing in confidence …
“I’m beginning to like being challenged by trials and tests, His wisdom and knowledge floods me and then His peace, I am getting stronger!!!” was the tweet […]
25
Oct
2011
All play and no work makes Johnny …
Most of us have a favorite place to “just be.” Some prefer to be wrapped in a blanket on a cushy couch, by a blazing fire on […]
25
Oct
2011
Do I have to?
The Facebook post stated: “What to do today? Gotta do something.” Doesn’t sound like a statement from someone with a very full life. If you’re having to […]