Sunday Praise

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,With the lyre and the sound of melody.With trumpets and the sound of the hornShout joyfully before the King, the LORD. – Psalm 98:4-6, NASB

Finding Release From Your Burdens

What does it mean to feel release, to have the burdens that weigh us down released from us? What does it mean to feel freedom from the guilt that burdens us? What does it mean to release ourselves from the expectations of others and embrace who God created us to be? What does it mean […]

Sunday Praise

It is good to give thanks to the LORDAnd to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;To declare Your lovingkindness in the morningAnd Your faithfulness by night,With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,With resounding music upon the lyre.For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done,I will sing for […]

The Building of Church

The church is more than a building where we gather to praise God. Worship is also found in serving the needs of our communities.

Burying Doubt

It’s a stunning revelation. He’s shocked as he tries to comprehend what he is being told. “He is alive!” How could that be? He had accepted he was dead, but now he is alive? But this resurrection story is not about Jesus. It’s about Joseph in the book of Genesis and his father Jacob. His […]

Sunday Praise

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,And will glorify Your name forever.For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. – Psalm 86:12-13, NASB

Exchanging the Familiar with the Unfamiliar

Trials have a way of disrupting your present way of life. They can turn your familiar routine, your way of life, into a wilderness of grief and lost hope. It can make you yearn for the past and the familiar. Yet the disruption of what you knew can also turn you toward something new. In […]

Your Attention Please!

From the moment you wake up from your slumber, the world beckons you. Social media alerts, phone calls, to-do lists, friends knocking, packages delivered, grass that needs mowing, the leaking kitchen sink, family members that need help…the world rumbles on and calls to you the moment you open your eyes. “After the earthquake came a […]

Sunday Praise

There is none like You, O LORD;You are great, and great is Your name in might.Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?Indeed it is Your due!For among all the wise men of the nationsAnd in all their kingdoms,There is none like You. – Jeremiah 10:6-7

When is Quitting an Option?

It’s hard to remember what prompted me to make that first post which started me on this blogging journey. To be honest, I would have quit posting years ago if it was up to me.