I gave the invocation at our Emanuel Faith Community Church graduation ceremony for Men’s Fraternity: The Great Adventure last night.
In preparing for this talk, I reviewed “Caleb’s Prayer”, a prayer that has been around for a few years in the Men’s Frat community. I have seen it published a few times, like at Warrior’s Hand and on the Alameda Church of Christ site. I used this as a basis for my talk for the men. We dove into scripture and really pulled out the verses that spoke specifically to those points. I created a slightly modified version of the “Prayer of Caleb” and you … Click to Continue →
As usual, the man with ADHD (me) has a million things flying through my head and I want to write about them all. However, if I don’t get them out on a list I know I won’t remember. So here we go.
Up Coming Blog Topics to Write About
The Budget Debate: Lessons in Communication
House Hold Lessons
God’s Promises: Provision vs Position?
A Father’s Blessing
Driven to Achieve: Motivation vs. Being Content (in Christ)
A Man’s Role: What Does Leadership Look Like ( in the Home, in the Modern Family)
A Man’s Role: What Does Respect Look Like ( in the Home, in the Modern Family)
A Man’s Role: What Does Leadership Look Like ( at work )
A Man’s Role: What Does Respect Look Like ( at work )
That is about all I have this afternoon. I am sure I will add to it in the comments…..
Enjoy. I will pop these out soon.
Until then, May the Lord continue to bless your path.
Your Brother-In-Christ.
May Jesus have His way with your day
– Gary C –
Gary Cartagena is a dedicated husband and father. He is Founder and consultant for Tek Management, Founder of the Men’s Leadership site: CalebStrong.org, Co-Founder of the online Bible study app:BibleCounts
First it was schedules, then technical difficulties. Eventually time affected the spirit and I did not “feel” compelled to write. Maybe I was out of sorts, maybe I was distracted… Or maybe, just maybe, I was led astray.
I was picking up my son from camp yesterday and we were talking about the theme of his weekend. They were all about spiritual warfare and being the Soldiers of God. There is, of course, much fun to be had with this theme. And as we talked and he told us of his weekend, there was another theme I noticed. Distraction. Capture the Flag, has always been both a game, and a lesson in warfare. As my son relayed … Click to Continue →
I have so much to say about my frustrations in my spiritual and work lives. I am trying to express them without whining and with the understanding that I truly believe that Our Lord will provide.
Crisis of Spirit: Study Time.
I have been using Oswald Chambers book “My Utmost for His Highest” as a guide at the start of my devotional and study time. It is a collection of lectures given by Chambers in 1911-1917. The man’s work was blessed by the Lord. Each day I read and meditate on the material I have another profound breakthrough in prayer and obedience. This is both wonderful and horrible, inspiring and terrifying.
