While accountability is good, and we should seek to make right whatever we can (as well as afford others the grace to make things right when they hurt us,) we must not take our pursuit of perfectionism so far that it pushes us to the point of…
Read MoreWe cannot simply say that we want to be people of faith without making it the number one priority in our lives, ahead of…
Read MoreMaybe, just maybe, intentional consistent attention to the basics (prayer, fasting, worship, scripture, tithing, etc.) will have much more of an effect on our faith than seeking merely…
Read MoreI pray that your precious Holy Spirit chastise when I fail to measure up to your ageless precepts. May I, with faith, measure up according to…
Read MoreThe question that kept coming when I watched and read, though, related to you and me - "When our time on earth has passed, what will be celebrated about us?"
Read MoreOne of the biggest misunderstandings about worship in our culture is the idea that each worship service is a self-contained event that is not connected in any way to what went on before or…
Read MoreOne of the more overlooked themes throughout Holy Week observations, I believe, is the idea that Jesus shows up in unexpected places in unexpected ways that unnerved everyone from…
Read MoreIt is my belief that there is not a person alive who does not, at their core, seek to love and be loved with all manner of human pretension set aside. What you and I must wrestle with is…
Read MoreAre any of us truly ready for Easter? I'm not talking about the things like Easter outfits and family logistics and all the other stuff that we deal with - I'm talking about…
Read MoreLord knows that on any given Sunday all of us (including your pastors) have a million things on our mind, and that it is a miracle some weeks if we can…
Read MoreMy hope and prayer for you, though, is not so much about what you are giving up (Chocolate, Facebook, Twitter, Smoking, Swearing, or something else) as much as it is about…
Read MoreAs I have grown older, while my excitement about Mardi Gras has waned (I'm not anti-Mardi Gras) my fascination with the whole thing has…
Read MoreI love the Olympics because I am a proud citizen of the USA, and admire those young men and women who represent me and 310+ million other citizens of what…
Read MoreThis morning, and again shortly after lunch when checking in on a few things, I must admit that I was simply stunned to see how much vitriol the Twittersphere and the Facebookers dumped on the Coca-Cola company after their commercial featuring…
Read MoreYes, indeed, friends, to see the house almost full, to sense the electricity in the air as the day just overflowed with goodness, starting with the gifts of God's grace found…
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