Have you ever been part of an organization accused of this: ‘your meetings do more harm than good’? Oh my! What if someone accused your church of that problem? Would it surprise you if I told you the apostle Paul actually said THAT about the Christians who gathered in the big city of […]
Would you agree that perhaps the most significant aspect of any Christian worship service, anywhere in the world, is the celebration of what many call ‘The Lord’s Supper”? As I’m sure you know that experience has dramatic differences depending on the part of the world where it is celebrated, or the denomination or particular […]
Have you ever walked into a chaotic situation and asked, ‘who’s in charge here?’ Or maybe you’ve seen a sign on an office door which says, ‘the buck stops here’. Responsibility and authority are very important aspects of our human race and how we live and work together as families, or communities or […]
Have you ever tried to explain God, to anyone, even to a child? Where do you begin?For centuries, in every society of the world, human beings have struggled trying to understand and explain God. Who is God? How do we know God? What are God’s attributes? How does God interface with our universe, our […]
25 years ago, this weekend the world held its collective breath, do you remember WHY? Never before had the skies over America been emptied of all airplanes, but it happened on 9/11 as air traffic grounded every airplane in fear there were other terrorists. “Ground Zero”, as they named the burning pile of rubble […]
I’m sure I don’t need to draw your attention to the significance of today’s date. Just the words “9/11” very likely recall horrific images in your memories and stir up deep emotions in your heart… at least if you are older than age 20 or so. Saying that causes my heart to skip a […]
Have you ever been in a frightening situation and heard someone cry out: ‘RUN! As fast as you can RUN away from here!’ If so, did you run? Here’s a really important question: ‘Have you ever sensed the Holy Spirit of God telling you to run’? Has God warned you to get out of […]
I wonder where in life you feel the most pressure? Is it pressure to succeed and achieve better results than the people you feel you are competing with in life, whether that’s schooling or job or sibling rivalry or even athletics or your hobbies? Is it pressure to fit in with the crowd […]
In almost every endeavor in life there are limitations, boundaries, for our own safety and survival, right? You and I have both pressed against those boundaries in our life journeys, haven’t we? Hopefully we learned important life lessons in those times. Yet in every generation there have been those people willing to push […]
That question is quite often a deep reflection point for clergy and people in church work also, did you know that? Let’s spend some time with the apostle Paul today as he wrestled with that question as he was writing to the Christians in the big business city of Corinth, Greece in the first century. […]
