“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It’s the loneliest number since the number one.”
But what if it isn’t. What if Three Dog Night is wrong and that one is not the loneliest number.
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Camping: The Holy Spirit in Community
My family and I recently went on our first camping trip in Colorado. Really, it was our first ever family campout. My kids loved it! One of the main reasons they loved it was because we went with friends. Honestly, if we had not been invited to go with them we probably wouldn’t have done it. But since we did we experienced something beautiful and created a lasting memory, one our family may never forget.
Continue reading “Camping: The Holy Spirit in Community”Rally to Jesus
“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat…” Isaiah 11:6. Our world has become more globalized and yet more tribalized at the same time. We are more connected and growing more dependent on each other and yet we are becoming increasingly more individualized and alone. We are more connected than we have ever been and yet more at odds with each other. But there is another way.
Continue reading “Rally to Jesus”Worship Full: A Vision for Gathered Worship
My heart is being drawn to worship. I believe that worship is not confined to a specific time and place like a worship service. Worship is offering up our bodies as living sacrifices to a God who is described as a consuming and refining fire. Yet, I also believe that the gathered people of God demonstrate through both praises and lamentations their love for God and their need for God. The gathered church comes together to meet with God and be changed. I call this being Worship Full.
Continue reading “Worship Full: A Vision for Gathered Worship”Prone to Wander
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way (Isaiah 53:6). This is the spiritual state of the world. We are all prone to wander. What causes us to wander away from God and how does God seek to reclaim his own?
My Easter Hope
I grew up Catholic but when I went to college I stopped going to mass. The only time I remember going was during Holy Week (Holy Week leads up to Easter). I attended a Maundy/Holy Thursday service. I went because I thought I might witness the Stations of the Cross. They did not give the Stations that evening. I missed it and it is one of the traditions that I miss from my Catholic days. I did not go the next day of any other day afterward. I thought, “this may be last time I go to church.” Little did I know, God had different plans.
A Gathered People
“There is no such thing as lone ranger Christianity in the New Testament; there is no suggestion that a person can be vitally united with Christ and growing spiritually apart from the church.” – Roger E. Olson.
TGIF Lent
I’ve got six dynamite links to share with you today! From The Shack, to sharing your faith, to Lent. I hope that they will be life enriching to you and that they will help you to see Jesus more clearly. Go and do good for God while you still have the opportunity and have an awesome weekend! Continue reading “TGIF Lent”
TGIF National Tortilla Chip Day
Happy National Tortilla Chip Day! It’s also my youngest daughter’s birthday. Maybe we will grab some chips and queso, but that’s not her thing so probably not. Anyways, I’ve included some good links for you this week. One of them is from one of my favorite movies. “Take it easy!” Continue reading “TGIF National Tortilla Chip Day”
TGIF Happy Valentine’s Day Weekend!
My wife and I are going out on a date tonight. It’s long overdue. We get to spend some time with each other to have adult conversations, have some adult fun, and eat some adult food (no fast food, maybe sushi?!). So some of the links today are about dating and marriage. Enjoy your weekend!