Jim Buchan’s Blogsite – Page 30 – Changing the World Through the Written and Spoken Word

Don’t Spike the Ball Before You’re in the End Zone!

January 21, 2025

HUMILITY: Our Missing Ingredient?

January 10, 2025

Speaking Before Kings and Queens

January 8, 2025

Don’t Waste Your Lonely Places

December 23, 2024

Learned Languages?!

December 20, 2024

Morning Preaching in Pakistan… Afternoon with the Grandkids

December 13, 2024

Hope Amid Pruning

September 17, 2024

When People Get Your Goat!

September 6, 2024

Another Botched Handoff!

September 4, 2024

When Leaders Let You Down

September 2, 2024

Will America Turn the Page?

August 19, 2024

Let’s End ‘Unemployment’ in the Church!

December 30, 2023

Are You Feeling EXHAUSTED?!

December 27, 2023

The Problem with Mercenary Pastors

June 25, 2023

Rip Van Winkle’s 20-Year Nap — 2023

May 13, 2023

Thank God, There’s ‘Another King’!

May 6, 2023

Will You Recognize Revival When It Comes?

February 15, 2023

Sometimes I Wish I Was Still a Cessationist!

December 30, 2022

TAKING CARE OF THE SHEEP!

December 26, 2022

Will You Have a ‘Norman Rockwell’ Christmas This Year?

December 24, 2022

What in the World Happened to Demas?

June 11, 2022

The Rocky Road to Restoration

April 20, 2022

The Kingdom Will Get You in Trouble!

April 14, 2022

Truth Detectors in a World of Lies

March 31, 2022

Untie That Colt!

March 11, 2022

Our ‘Simon of Cyrene’ Moment

February 17, 2022

Betty White and Me

December 31, 2021

God’s Word to YOU for 2022!

December 30, 2021

How Ron Shook His Holiday Humbugs

December 24, 2021

My Dystopian Dream

October 1, 2021

Is It Time to Learn the Knuckleball?

September 16, 2021

Can the Taliban Be Saved?

September 11, 2021

‘Pay Attention to the Flags!’

September 5, 2021

My Dad’s Life-Altering Steps of Faith

June 21, 2021

The Lost Art of Friendship

June 12, 2021

7 Ways God Revitalized Me After I Battled Cancer & Chemo

May 19, 2021

What Happened to All the Phone Booths?

May 3, 2021

Why I Love Fireflies

March 31, 2021

Are You SURE You Want Revival?

March 29, 2021

Can You Spot the Greatness?

February 4, 2021

Good Grief & the Trials of Rebuilding

November 25, 2020

2020: Will the Rude Awakening Lead to a Great Awakening?

November 22, 2020

The Megachurch That Got Pruned

November 19, 2020

Turning Your PETITIONS into PRAISE

November 16, 2020

Can YOU Smile at the Future?

November 9, 2020

Haman Will Hang on His Own Gallows

July 29, 2020

Those with Us Are More Than Those with Them

July 25, 2020

Lukewarm Christians vs. Zealous Radicals

July 9, 2020

Do You Know What Spirit You’re Of?

June 27, 2020

Father’s Day & America’s Dangerous Precipice

June 20, 2020

Don’t Let Your Wounds Get Infected

June 9, 2020

Thank God I’m Not a Counselor!

June 5, 2020

Will There Be Justice for George?

June 1, 2020

Regaining an Understanding of True Ministry

May 31, 2020

How COVID-19 Revealed ‘Sheep Without a Shepherd’

May 24, 2020

The Unexpected Joys of Confinement

May 16, 2020

Michael Jordan’s Secret to Overcoming Failure & Defeat

May 11, 2020

Did SOCIAL MEDIA Pave the Way for SOCIAL DISTANCING?

May 1, 2020

Cures Worse Than the Disease

April 23, 2020

Faith, Presumption & Civil Disobedience

April 19, 2020

Red Armbands, Tyrannical Leaders & Me

April 16, 2020

Here’s How — 2,000 Years Ago — Fake News Sought to Undermine the Resurrection

April 14, 2020

More Than a Once-a-Year Easter

April 11, 2020

A Funny Thing Happened During the Disciples’ Self-Quarantine

April 10, 2020

PASSOVER: A Bridge Between Life’s Plagues & God’s Promises

April 8, 2020

The Trouble with Eating Bats

April 7, 2020

Navigating Uncharted Waters

April 3, 2020

Love in a Time of Pandemic

March 31, 2020

4 Great Things You Learn in a Storm

March 24, 2020

Is It Time to Throw Some Things Overboard?

March 20, 2020

The Nick Foles Principle

January 26, 2020

The Face of Victory

January 16, 2020

Everyone’s Dealing with Something

January 10, 2020

Clues for Your Escape Room Exit

January 2, 2020

The Unexpected Joys of Re-mission

December 29, 2019

The Powerful Message of 12.12.12.12

December 12, 2019

My Thanksgiving Gratitude — in Retrospect

November 27, 2019

Tired of Living on the Fringe?

October 3, 2019

Prayin’ for Daylight

September 9, 2019

The Myth of Indispensability

September 2, 2019

The Sentence of Death?

August 24, 2019

And You Think YOU Have a Crazy Family Tree?

June 16, 2019

Have You Found Your Purpose Yet?

May 31, 2019

Beautiful in Old Age

May 11, 2019

This Is Not the End!

May 4, 2019

The Trouble with Roses

February 10, 2019

Discipleship in the Age of Twitter

November 26, 2018

The Benefits of Manure

November 17, 2018

Ron’s New Dating Checklist

November 4, 2018

A Miracle — 25 Years in the Making

October 31, 2018

What I Learned from John Rankin

October 24, 2018

A Brief Ministry Report

October 19, 2018

Navigating the SUDDENLIES & the SLOWLIES

June 17, 2018

Preparing for the NEXT Royal Wedding

May 21, 2018

Ron Encounters the ‘Marriage Matrix’

April 29, 2018

Maintaining Hope in an Age of Trump & Kim Jong Un

April 7, 2018

The Law of Replenishment

April 2, 2018

Johnny’s Amazing Legacy Seeds

March 18, 2018

When God Enacted Daylight Saving Time

March 11, 2018

In the Year Billy Graham Died…

March 9, 2018

Inspiration Leadership Politics & Culture

Don’t Spike the Ball Before You’re in the End Zone!

A Word of Caution to My MAGA Friends It was an early morning prayer meeting, just one day after the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as America’s 47 President. Most…

Jim Buchan January 21, 2025

Church Health & Growth Inspiration Leadership

HUMILITY: Our Missing Ingredient?

I recently saw an interesting article by a Christian leader who considers himself to be "prophetic." Every year he makes predictions about what God will be doing in the year…

Jim Buchan January 10, 2025

Church Health & Growth Inspiration Leadership

Speaking Before Kings and Queens

Today I spoke on Google Meets to a group of Pakistani Christians I had never met, and I asked the Lord to show me beforehand what the people would be…

Jim Buchan January 8, 2025

Inspiration Relationships & Romance

Don’t Waste Your Lonely Places

The holidays often are a very lonely season. At one time or another, we’ve all experienced the pain of broken relationships, loved ones living far away, recently deceased spouses or…

Jim Buchan December 23, 2024

Inspiration

Learned Languages?!

When I was in elementary school, I learned FRENCH. When I was in middle school, I learned LATIN. When I was in high school, I learned GERMAN. When I was…

Jim Buchan December 20, 2024

Church Health & Growth Inspiration Leadership

Morning Preaching in Pakistan… Afternoon with the Grandkids

Something odd but amazing happened to me this week. One morning I got to preach in Pakistan, and that same afternoon I was back in the Carolinas, hanging out with…

Jim Buchan December 13, 2024

Inspiration Leadership

Hope Amid Pruning

Lately many of my friends have been “dealing with stuff.” Health stuff. Financial stuff. Relationship stuff. Emotional stuff. And amid all the stuff life throws our way, it’s easy for…

Jim Buchan September 17, 2024

Church Health & Growth Inspiration Leadership

When People Get Your Goat!

Lately, I’m reminded of a saying I heard from an old preacher many years ago: “If people get your goat, it just goes to show that you’ve got one.” For…

Jim Buchan September 6, 2024

It’s What’s Under the Hood That Counts

My 2011 Hyundai Sonata looks exactly the same as it did a month ago. On the surface it’s the same 100,000-mile car as it was then. Yet here’s the strange…

Jim Buchan June 26, 2016

The Cure for an Uneventful Life

Recently a friend texted me and asked how my week was going. “Uneventful!” was my reply. My friend texted back and said that sometimes “uneventful” isn’t such a bad thing.…

Jim Buchan June 23, 2016

Victory to Those Who Finish Well

Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers, winners of the NBA championship this week. It was quite a success story, especially since the team was down 3-1 before winning three straight games…

Jim Buchan June 20, 2016

Are You Worshiping the Present-Tense God?

I’m convinced that very few people know the present-tense God. Instead, we worship the God of Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Azusa Street, or some other movement. Or perhaps…

Jim Buchan June 14, 2016

Are You Walking in Circles? Here’s How to Get Unleashed!

Perhaps you’ve heard the story of a pony named Pearl who worked with the carnival. Shackled to a pole from a young age, she gave rides to children along a…

Jim Buchan June 12, 2016

Beauty That’s Not Just Skin-Deep

I recently had a chiropractor take some x-rays and evaluate my spine. As you probably can tell from this “headshot,” it was a humbling experience. I thought I looked a…

Jim Buchan June 10, 2016

Don’t Spike the Ball Before You’re in the End Zone!

Jim Buchan January 21, 2025

HUMILITY: Our Missing Ingredient?

Jim Buchan January 10, 2025

Speaking Before Kings and Queens

Jim Buchan January 8, 2025

Don’t Waste Your Lonely Places

Jim Buchan December 23, 2024