Following a noteworthy career in magazine, curriculum, book and Bible publishing, Dean Merrill is now concentrating on indepen­dent editorial work. Some of his projects are solo writing, many are collaborations with well-known personalities, and still others involve overall directing of complex editorial projects.
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• So Sorry- About five weeks ago I wrote a post here about finding the will to forgive those who offend us, belittle us, or make us look bad in the eyes of our friends. I told the story of the former Nazi prison guard who approached one of his victims, Corrie ten Boom, after World War II… read more »
• Town Meeting in Grand Detour- It was Dad’s chance to deliver a fervent speech. Would he rise to the occasion? read more »
• Little Ones to Him Belong- God has promised to use the small, the weak in special and surprising ways…. read more »
• The Sexual Hazards of Pastoral Care- Moral failure in the ministry is more often the result of inattention than intent…. read more »
• Finishing Well- What would it take to make you turn back from your walk with God? Getting old? Getting sick? Getting ridiculed by your secular peers? Watching your favorite preacher fall into sin? … read more »
• Screening Out the Word- Sometimes technology gives us more than we bargained for…. read more »
• Whatever Happened to Group Prayer?- I’m talking about the entire congregation “going vertical,” disregarding their neighbors to the left and right in order to lift up their hearts and minds simultaneously to the Lord above…. read more »
• Back to School—What Christian Kids Need Most- Notebooks and pencils and gym sox—that’s the least of it. Physical preparation for a new school year is only half the job…. read more »
• Did the Upper Room Have a Worship Band?- Musicians tend to be passionate people, and it is quite possible for us to get so wrapped up in our art that we start to view it as our personal gig…. read more »
• Car Fever!- I was a wide-eyed twelve-year-old in the fall of 1956, a season to be marked forever in automobile history as the Year of the Fin…. read more »
• Is Marriage More Chancy These Days?- A number of the old allies have fled—the traditions and forces that used to prop up marriage as an institution. Our generation is in greater need to distinctly Christian reasons to stay married…. read more »
• Avoiding the Iceberg- I confess I’m mystified these days by an odd crossover of opinion: more and more Christians seem to be trying to make ethical room for drinking … while at the same time secular authorities are warning and worrying about this society’s rampant problem with alcohol…. read more »