Loving God, Loving Others, Loving Yourself, and Loving Life
The desert is not a comfortable place physically, neither is it a pleasant place spiritually or creatively. I have been in all three and more than likely you have too. At this very moment I am experiencing one of the driest, hottest, most uncomfortable desert experiences of my entire life creatively. Being totally honest, I…
Blog – Lessons from The Holy Land – Part 2 – Newark, A Lesson in Delays Sometimes we wait. Tonight is one of those times. It’s not because of anything that we – the paying passengers did. It is due to an error. Someone messed up or someone made a bad choice. Only three of…
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and hate crimes that have flooded the news this year the lines between black and white, rich and poor, gay and straight, man and woman, young and old, begin to dim. ALL of us searching the depths of our souls to understand what kind of hatred would cause any human…
Love I could write about love every day for the rest of my life and there would still be words left unwritten. The vast scope of God’s love for us and our love for each other and all of God’s creation is incomprehensible. But for today, let’s just keep it simple. Love is the foundation…
I was looking over my resolutions for 2015 and wanted to share the list again for any of you who are new readers to this website. This list has made a definite difference in my life this year. There will be a new post tomorrow with something very exciting that God has been working through…
God has been really dealing with me lately on a subject that is very dear to me – The Church. So I have a question. 1. What is the new testament church supposed to look like? 2. Am I seeing evidence of the new testament church? I will tell you right now that I do…
It was Sunday morning and our church was full. The choir had just sung a beautiful song of praise. Six new followers of Jesus declared “Jesus is Lord” as they participated in believer’s baptism. As a congregation, we sang songs of the cross and of God’s love. I sat in my usual spot at the…
One of my favorite things to do as a child was to crawl up on my Daddy’s lap and lay my head on his chest. He was a man of few words, gentle and compassionate. When I laid my head on his chest I could hear his heartbeat and feel his steady breathing. In those…
I wonder if, when God looks at us from heaven, He sees something like the Texas wildflowers in Spring. The variety of colors offered to us in the Spring are beyond compare. The most amazing thing is that we do not work for this beautiful gift. God provides everything needed for this incredible display of…
Music speaks to me. It affects my thoughts and feelings. The beat and rhythm of music works into the core of my physical being. It joins with the beat of my heart, the ebb and flow of my breathing, the blink of my eyes and becomes a part of me. But it’s more than that….
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