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The Fight for Joy
It seems to come so naturally for most children who have their basic needs met – a joyful enthusiastic attitude toward life. Smiles a mile wide at the mere prospect of an ice cream cone, screams of delight at the sight of a friend coming over to “play”, a secure and confident trust that leads …
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Christian Bragging?
Most of us don’t like to be around braggarts. Their subtle and often not so subtle references to their achievements, their status, their latest and greatest purchase, the size of their portfolio, their brilliance (and that of their extremely gifted children) can cause us to inwardly cringe, look for the closest exit, or excuse ourselves …
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How to Enlarge God?!
As we have been thinking through the first chapter of the Gospel according to Luke, a statement in Mary’s Magnificat struck me as quite puzzling when I first began to ponder it: “My soul magnifies (literally- “enlarges”) the Lord!” How in the world can we enlarge God – the Creator and Sustainer of all things …
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Judgmental Judgment
Here lie I, Martin Elginbrode Have mercy o’ my soul, Lord God, As I would do were I Lord God, And Ye were Martin Elginbrode. -Epitaph in a Scottish graveyard One of my mentors shared a true story that I have never been able to forget. A single young man was employed by a company …
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Opposing Forces in the Church
As we are about to embark on our journey into a new year, it is important not so much to evaluate where we have been but where we are today and where we sense God calling us to invest our live tomorrow (Phil. 3:13-14). As a church we want to be about “TURNING ORDINARY PEOPLE …