I saw something last weekend I’d never seen before. My daughter, Dori, is a soccer player. We occasionally travel for soccer tournaments and we ended up in a tournament in Lilburn. The fields at this park backed up to a hill covered in various vines and they had either rented or borrowed goats and sheep to eat away at the vines. I …
“Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance…” Deuteronomy 32:52 Pastoring is a hard job. Of course, it’s not the only hard job in the world. Hospital nurses, teachers, and police officers have it pretty rough, too. There are plenty of people in the world whose vocation is a heavy load. But pastoring is hard. For one thing, …
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NRSV For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…. Forty years ago from this coming Monday (May 16) – beside Pactola Lake in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota – a young man named Mark invited a young woman named Shannon to go on the adventure of life with him. She …
I hate to shop but I like to have stuff. And Lord do I have stuff! Mountains and mountains of stuff. Many of you know that I have been home for a few weeks recovering from being ill and having surgery (thank you so much for your prayers!). During that time, I was around “the stuff” more. It was everywhere. …
In Sunday’s small group, we talked about Moses. The story of Moses is one of my favorites to share with kids because not only does it have every element of adventure a kid could ask for, it also has so many faith lessons beginning with his mother. This little boy’s life got off to quite a rocky start with his …
“What am I supposed to be doing?” That question seems to be running through my head 24/7 lately. Mostly because I have the memory of a goldfish, but also because there is so much going on. We’re coming into Spring going 100 miles per hour. We’ve all got summer plans to make, school is ending, students are graduating, people are …
Isaiah 52:13-1513 See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.14 Just as there were many who were astonished at him—so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals—15 so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him;for that which had …
1 Timothy 3:16 Without any doubt, the mystery of our religion is great:He was revealed in flesh, vindicated in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory. Have you looked closely outside lately? Things are changing. Do you remember what the trees looked like just a month ago? No color. No growth. …
Galatians 5:22-25 22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. For many, …
1 Chronicles 16:29-30 Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD is king!” Sometimes the world’s brokenness is just too overpowering to bear. It seems so overwhelming. …
