This past weekend, we loaded up the family and headed to Lubbock to celebrate our 22 years of marriage. We had some errands to run and also had a nice dinner together – all 5 of us. It was nice to all be together for an afternoon. One of the errands we had to make [...]
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Hold Fast to Your Faith
Posted in Formation, Hope on May 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When Was the Last Time?
Posted in Formation, Hope on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When was the last time you stopped and gazed at the wonder of a rose? When did you last watch a sunset and feel inspired by the magnificence of God? Jim Dennison made some good points today regarding how great our God truly is. You can link to his post here. We get so busy [...]
A Flash In the Bigger Picture
Posted in Formation, Hope on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here it is Monday and I am reflecting on my journey last week and looking forward to where the path will lead this week. Yesterday, we had a great morning in worship. We celebrated with the graduating seniors in our church, we heard the story of one of our senior adults and we praised our [...]
Will God Show Up?
Posted in Formation, Hope on May 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Part of my reading today was in the classic, My Utmost For His Highest, by Oswald Chambers. Today’s reading deals with the idea of having our focus on God as opposed to the world or ourselves. Where we put that focus affects everything. Chambers says that once we lose sight of God, we begin to [...]
God Loves You!
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How long has it been since you stopped and just thought about how much God loves you? We get so busy and I guess we know deep down inside that God loves us. But the pressures of the fast-paced rat race that is your life causes the realization that you are loved to slowly fade. [...]
Some Things Are Just Obsolete
Posted in Formation, Hope on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Some things are just obsolete these days. I still have some vinyl albums but no way to play them. They sit on a shelf next to some old 8 track tapes. When is the last time you had an encyclopedia salesperson ring your doorbell? Some of you may not even realize that families used to [...]
Communication Begins With Silence
Posted in Community, Formation, Hope on April 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In some of my reading this morning I ran across this quote by Thomas Merton, “the reality which is expressible in language is found, face to face without medium, in silence.” I guess this hit home with me due to the fact that part of my responsibility as a pastor is to communicate God’s message [...]
Let Go of What You Can’t Hold
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I was introduced to a new artist last week and I have listened to his latest album no less than 8 times since Thursday. His sound is unique and his lyrics will make you stop what you are doing and just listen (which makes driving and listening a bit sketchy). Josh Garrels is his name [...]
Virtual or IRL?
Posted in Community, Formation, Hope on April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Everything is virtual. Well not really. But our world is moving toward a virtual way of doing just about everything at a scary pace. We can talk to people around the world and actually see their image on the screen in front of us. We can hold meetings with multiple people at the same time without [...]
Living Resurrected
Posted in Church, Community, Formation, Hope on April 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Easter has come and gone. Or has it? The Christian calendar now actually moves into the season of Easter. For the next 50 days (leading up to Pentecost), we will be in the Easter season. I must confess, I was not raised to pay an overwhelming amount of attention to the Christian calendar so when [...]
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