Sunday Praise

Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.“Let my teaching drop as the rain,My speech distill as the dew,As the droplets on the fresh grassAnd as the showers on the herb.“For I proclaim the name of the LORD;Ascribe greatness to our God!“The Rock! His work is […]

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 […]

Shredding Through Life

I saw the sign in the above photo in a store the other day. It made me think how temporary things are in this world. One minute we’re printing new documents, the next minute we’re shredding old documents. Eventually the new documents will be become old and destined for the shredder. The cycle of printing […]

Sunday Praise

I will also praise You with a harp,Even Your truth, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;And my soul, which You have redeemed. – Psalm 71:2-23, NASB

A Place for You

John 14:2-3 tells us Jesus has prepared a place for you. Not just a generic hotel room, but a place uniquely crafted just for you.

Everyday Trust

Everyday we place our faith in things without even giving it a second thought. If the weather forecast calls for rain, we grab an umbrella or raincoat. We press a button for an elevator expecting it to take us to our floor. We make travel plans having faith that the train, bus or plane will […]

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 […]

More Than Spiritual Needs

Sunday after Sunday the Word of God is preached. It feeds the Spirit of a people hungry for God’s word. Yet they leave each week and return to their lives with practical needs for food, clothing, and housing. Needs for physical and emotional healing. Jesus took note of this in Mark 8:1-9. A large crowd […]

Sunday Praise

I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever;To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.” – Psalm 89:1-2, NASB