So, someone asked me this week while I was in a meeting, “Do you get the runner’s high?” I replied, I’m not quite sure what that is. I can say, however, that running has captured my competitive instinct (at least what’s left of it), and my drive to push myself to new levels has taken…
Category: worship
don’t be ridiculous… don’t waste your life
I was listening to TD Jakes this morning with my wife while preparing for my trip to Australia. He was preaching from the story of David and Goliath, specifically the part of the account when Eliab, David’s brother, rebukes him for urging the men to fight against the undefeated Philistine champion. Although I thought I’d…
Majestic in Holiness
Who among the gods is like you, lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? This passage is found in Ex 15:11, NIV.
Are you two-faced like Hezekiah? Ask God for courage to confront your heart…
While struggling to read through Isaiah before the year ends (don’t think I’ll make it), I have come to one of its historical sections that painfully reminds me of the dissonance in my own heart and life. In Chapters 37-39, we find something in Hezekiah that we see in ourselves all too well: a prideful…
my hope for my son? that he be greater than his teachers [read: parents]
There has been some talk about how this generation will be the first American generation in some time that will not be better off than their parents’ economically. Much has been made about the youth unemployment rate, and the difficulties of today’s college graduates in the job market with underemployment. While I cannot promise my…
when blessing comes in like a flood
Some folks may recognize the play on Scripture I’m making, but sometimes we have to reflect on God’s love being shed abroad in our life. This morning, I was especially reflecting on the similarities between the glory of God and a waterfall. God’s glory is raw and majestic, full of power, and wonderful to behold….
what my newborn son has taught me about resting in God
This is my superstar: A couple of weeks ago, my wife was unquestionably my superstar, but now she has some intense competition. (I mean, look at this guy!) But this guy is my superstar, at least for the moment, because he’s teaching me lessons about life I couldn’t learn if it was still just my…
what are you looking at? a short reflection on acts 7:56
The speech by Stephen is an awesome moment in the history of the apostles. We know that Stephen must have been a man of both singular intellect and indwelling of the Holy Spirit from the words written by Luke. What I find most important though is Stephen’s response to the indignation of the religious leaders…
When you want wine, just draw the water
Reading the Bible, we are sometimes separated from the often truly ridiculous things Jesus did and asked of His disciples. Often, to show reverence, we more politely call his methods “unorthodox” or out-of-the-box, but most of the time “ridiculous” is the correct word. Maybe the religious among us would like to say that Jesus only…
#70: worship, authority ranking and appeal, suburban sprawl’s Ponzi scheme, and other Sunday thoughts…
“Fly like eagles in worship…” At church this morning [Grace International Church, Baltimore, MD], Pastor Ken and the worship team improvised a lyric saying “Eagles take their prey to a higher altitude to suffocate them. Worship is moving to a higher altitude where problems and doubts can’t breathe.” Such an awesome exhortation! Worship takes our…