Have you ever noticed that we don’t naturally live thankfully? Sure, there are the “glass-half-full” people who tend to be more sanguine, and therefore think more positively. But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the fact that we don’t naturally live in a way where we are continually aware of the little…
What happens when a church loses its salt and light? What happens when Christians, and Christian leaders, are so in love with the world that they no longer realize that their lampstand has been removed? The Holy Spirit is grieved to the point that while they have a form of godliness, through their actions and…
I’ll be honest, I’d never heard of a worship party, I’m not sure this idea would have come to me all on it’s own, but in the end, it was the best birthday party I’d ever had. My 50th birthday was coming up. A milestone. The half-century mark. I don’t usually do much to celebrate…
The Church today is losing the battle. In my previous post, I shared the Lifeway Research findings that in America more churches are closing than are opening, and my own thoughts about that discovery. I wrote about my own struggles with offering fresh, spiritual food here on A Little R & R and how that…
Ephesians 6 tells us about the armor of God and gives us two weapons: God’s Word and prayer. But in Psalm 149, we discover another spiritual weapon: worship. At first glance, it may seem that this chapter is divided into two sections: the section that talks about praise and the section that talks about spiritual…
Years ago, I served in my church as a worship leader; and one thing I would often hear people say in their defense as to why they didn’t actively participate in worship is, “I worship God in my own way”. This raises some very important questions. Should we worship God in our own way? Is…
