"Teach us to number our days aright," Moses asked God, "that we may gain a heart of wisdom" (Ps. 90:12 ( Read more... )

After thanksgiving, and then the funeral of Erika's Great Grandmother hot on the heels of Thanksgiving, I have certainly gotten off the journal wagon. So, I thought I would saddle up, and post another one. Rather than do two articles, i'll just do one that covers two topics ( Read more... )

I know Kyle has wanted me to do some writing/journaling about relationships, and I will get to it, but I think I have just had a revelation...tell me what you think ( Read more... )

Recently I saw a portrait of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Gethsemane was the place where Jesus prayed in deep anguish, his sweat like drops of blood falling to the ground. The writer of Hebrews, in all likelihood referring to this moment of reckoning and wrestling, says that Jesus "offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to ( Read more... )

If you set yourself on fire, people love to come and watch you burn.  -John Wesley

The world doesn't need the church to come up with a great evangelism strategy.  What the world really needs is for a group of people to make Jesus Christ the passion of their entire life.  The tepid interest in Jesus Christ by the world is the natural ( Read more... )

If  you watch people, and watch what they do and why they do it, often times you find that their actions, all be some of them good, are basically a desire to develop an identity, and then to nourish by doing/not doing certain things, saying/not saying certain things, wearing/not wearing certain clothes, etc...

At the end of the day, if we are not ( Read more... )

I thought I would draw your attention to the subject heading. It kind of forces us to read on, whether we want or not, sort of a powerful word. In fact, death is such a powerful word, because we see it as a powerful force. In fact, one could argue, that we find death to be even more powerful than God. Do we know this to be false...absolutely... ( Read more... )

     I love to officiate weddings.  Sure, they cost me a lazy Saturday afternoon, but in the end it is well worth it.  Watching the families buzzing around, trying to get everything ready, and in place, photographer and video person scampering around, trying to take care of all the details.  Mother's of the bride and the groom looking like death ( Read more... )

Somehow, in the same slow and imperceptible way that subtle shifts always occur, those of us in this present generation have completely insulated ourselves from the alarm sound proclaiming the coming day of the Lord. but, ready or not, Jesus is coming!  As Believers, we love the hope of His appearing, forgetting that His holiness is accompanied by ( Read more... )

Save The Best For The Best Principle

Have I been saving my best time for God lately, or do I normally give him the leftovers?
Consistency Principle

When was the last time I spent time with God? Do I regularly set aside time for him?
First Things Always Principle

What were the things I did to grow when I first became a Christian that I'm not doing ( Read more... )