Posts from 2022
Worship and The Real World
News headlines come at us at a furious rate. Lately, we’ve heard how wildfires are devastating California, the monkeypox is spreading rapidly, and Russia continues to attack Ukraine. It is easy to become despondent, feeling like life is out of control. How does worship play into this? Worship is a chance for us to focus our attention on the Lord—the all-powerful, all-knowing, eternal, never-changing Creator of the universe. Understanding who it is that we worship puts “the real world” into perspective. I…
Discipling, It’s Easier Than You Think
A couple of weeks ago, I had my first discipleship meeting with a couple of members of the Youth. It went really well; we spent some time talking about what we wanted to study in this discipleship group, picked a book that would help with that, and then spent some time looking into a passage of Scripture. I left it feeling good about where this was headed. I also left wishing I had started this much sooner, especially as one…
A Taxing Situation
I recently came across, what I believe to be, the least memorized passage in all of Scripture. That passage is Romans 13:6-7. It states, “For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.” If you are like…
Don’t Ignore the Sign
This year, I have really desired to increase my prayer life. I feel like I have put some good disciplines in place to speak with God, but conversation is a two-way street. I cannot have a real conversation with someone by telling them all I’m dealing with and not allowing them a chance to respond. God has reminded me about the discipline of silence and solitude. Today, I decided to take a step of faith and stop what I was…