There are those occasions when you need to get a text to a group of people and although some phones and operating systems allow this action, not everyone knows how to do this.
There are those occasions I need to send a text to a group of people and with a simple app I am able to do so.
Groupme is a free app Continue Reading…
Really…can I really say ‘riches I heed not?’
It seems I am always looking for resources to do “this or that” around my house. Or, “I wish I had more money to get a new set of golf clubs.” Or, I really would like some “new clothes.” Yes ladies guys make that last statement also.
So…can I really say ‘riches I heed not?’
That line comes one of my favorite hymns Be Thou My Vision (I have posted the words and video below). I like it for a number of reasons: it has a great melody, it is singable and the text is great poetry. Most of the stanzas are encouraging and refreshing. It is easy to sing for those reasons.
I don’t like it because the words on the next to the last stanza are so convicting…riches I heed not…REALLY? Continue Reading…
2012 brings with it my 30th wedding anniversary. I was and am blessed with a Godly wife who is a dedicated Christ-follower. God and His Spirit have been with us and protected us, allowing us to journey through life. I am so thankful for His protection and guidance.
My children are now in their late teens and middle twenties, and if it is in God’s plan, the day until their journey into marriage is close.
I keep wondering have I been a good a dad? Have I been and am I a good role model to my children? Do I show proper love and honor to my wife?
I am right in the middle of reading the new book from Mark Driscoll, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together. In the book Mark and his wife explore the God authored principles for a healthy marriage. In a chapter just for men, Mark lays out a list of eleven things that every man should be implementing in their home. Continue Reading…
It was one of those mornings when things didn’t go well in rehearsal. I was concerned that what we were trying to do on stage was going to get in the way of worship instead of encouraging that dialog. I even went to the final worship choir rehearsal and shared my concerns.
Once the worship set was over in the first service I felt the same way…but that wasn’t what I was hearing from the choir, the congregation or the tech people. (And folks, the tech people are our harshest critics.) Their comments were: “good stuff this morning”, “wow great time of connecting with God in worship.”
When I was walking to the stage for the first service I was praying: “God, it isn’t going like I planned and what we rehearsed doesn’t seem to be connecting, please let Your glory be seen in-spite of this, come and take control of this service.”
He did. Continue Reading…
How often do we need to be reminded that God never changes?
We might be able to answer that question verbally with a loud “yes” but do we live and act if it is the truth?
I know it is true, but I am working on letting the truth rule my actions.
Tomorrow in our worship services we will use the song “God You Are God” which encourages us with truth that God never changes. I have posted a video below. As an intro to the song I jotted down the following: Continue Reading…
