Tonight we will begin a study on the book of Ecclesiastes. It is a book in the Old Testament attributed to King Solomon. Solomon was credited as the most wise person in the world. God had blessed him with an uncanny understanding of the world and how it works. That is why this book is [...]
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That’s It? There’s Nothing More?
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Prayer for God to Move
Posted in Grace, Hope on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever desired to see God move. I mean, as good followers, we know that God is at work all around us. We believe that God moves every day. But do you ever want to see it – experience it? I read about amazing spiritual renewals in our nation over 100 years ago and [...]
The Simplicity of Grace
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever noticed that we have a real knack for making things more complicated than they need to be or than they really are? Often we get so pulled into the frenzy of things that we can’t look at an issue from the big picture view. William Wordsworth is one of my favorite Romantic [...]
How’s Your Faith?
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on January 31, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Time for a Tuesday Faith Check. The scripture for my time with God today was out of the book of Mark. It was the story of the woman who was healed of a hemorrhage that had plagued her for twelve years of her life. She heard that Jesus was going to be in her village and [...]
Fan It Back Into Flame
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today, during my time of being present with God, I read the first chapter of 2 Timothy. As I read, Paul’s words reminded me of something we all need from time to time. He assured Timothy that he believed Timothy possessed strong faith. He shared that he had seen this faith in Timothy’s grandmother and [...]
Come Awake
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite current praise songs is Come Awake. When I sing this song, I am reminded how easily I doze off to what God is doing all around me. I become so distracted by the busyness of my life – doing good things – that I become numb to God’s activity, and even [...]
Where Do You Encounter God?
Posted in Community, Formation, Grace, Hope on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Where do you encounter God? Is it at church? When you are there, do you sense God’s real presence? Or maybe you encounter God when you witness a breath taking sunrise. The colors and magnificence scream of an amazing God. Maybe for you, God can be found in the face of a child – their [...]
Peace Through Presence
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I talked about the peace that God can offer when we simply trust. You can read that post here. This past Sunday was the fourth Sunday of Advent. This season, we chose to tie the four descriptions of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6 to each of the respective Sundays of Advent. That being [...]
God’s Overwhelming Peace
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on December 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In some of my reading this morning, I ran across these questions: ”What would the world look like if everyone took a few moments to let go of all or our worries and completely trust God? There is a lot to be worried about. If we don’t worry about all the economic issues, poverty, unemployment [...]
Content But Not Comfortable
Posted in Formation, Grace, Hope on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I read an article this morning that made me think. In fact, I am still pondering. The article referred to the overwhelming number of “self-help” books on the market and the overall mindset of growing and becoming better. An author was quoted as saying, “leave me alone, I am happy just the way I am.” [...]
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