Monthly Archives: March 2010
A Sermon for Passion Sunday or Holy Week
What Would We Have Done? Before I get to the question that is the title of my message this morning, I’d like for us to do a reality check. You see, I believe that when it comes to the majority, if not all, of people in the story of Jesus’ passion and death, they were [...]
Not Made for Here
Jim Reeves via last.fm Back in my childhood (many, many years ago now), a song by Jim Reeves was very popular in my home church. It spoke of how we, as followers of Jesus and members of the Church of God, Cleveland, TN – not sure which one was more important ;o), were truly pilgrims [...]
Advice to Would Be Pastors
D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge wisely counsel those considering the pastorate: “Read through Paul’s epistles rather rapidly in three or four sittings and observe that it was his relations with Christians that gave him the greatest pain. Should you end up in vocational ministry, your experience will not be any different.” Technorati Tags: pastoring,D.A. [...]
Prayer for the Faithful by St. Patrick
This is a prayer attributed to the good saint. Enjoy this day in his honor by considering how Patrick chose to live his life. May the Strength of God guide us. May the Power of God preserve us. May the Wisdom of God instruct us. May the Hand of God protect us. May the Way [...]
The Prodigal
There are two hymns that I love that focus on the parable of the prodigal son. The first (“Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”) does so only in part and was written by Joseph Hart in 1759. I do not have any publication or author information on the second, entitled “The Prodigal.” Both should be [...]
On My Way to Yes
Finally on my way to yes I bump into all the places where I said no to my life all the untended wounds the red and purple scars those hieroglyphs of pain carved into my skin, my bones, those coded messages that send me down the wrong street again and again where I find them [...]
Loving the Light
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino Technorati Tags: Og Mandino,light
Can You Hear This Now?
Created by Oatmeal Technorati Tags: Teenager Audio Test
Doing and Loving
“God doesn’t look at how much we do, but with how much love we do it.” – Mother Teresa Technorati Tags: love,Mother Teresa
Being Awake
Cover of Joe Versus the Volcano “My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.” – Patricia Graynamore One of my favorite movies is “Joe [...]
