Father’s Day 2016

Father’s Day 2016

We in this country need a new definition of what it means to be a father, what it means to be a man.  The hunter/killer/he-man/man-is-the-head-of-the-household model of manhood must go.  Wherever that model of manhood has prevailed, in every country and culture where...
Father’s Day 2016

Love the Lowly

In his letter to the Christian community in Rome, when Paul was fleshing out what it meant to be Christian─it was a new movement and he was trying to describe the nature of the Christian life─he wrote, “Don’t be full of yourself.  That’s not who we are.  Instead,...
Father’s Day 2016

Soul Tending

When old age is viewed as a disease, as a sickness, then our response to aging is medical in nature.  And medical responses are almost always about prolonging life rather than enriching it.  So we have become masterful at keeping the flesh alive, but rather poor at...
Father’s Day 2016

Unexpected Saviors

We never know who we might be called to save, or who, in the midst of our suffering and pain, might be called to save us. [prettyfilelink size=”” src=”https://philipgulley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Unexpected-Saviors.pdf”...