I had some folks ask me for a reading I did at the end of the service yesterday. It all comes from Psalms 23. I adapted it from the conclusion of Traveling Light by Max Lucado. I hope it encourages you this week. In Psalms 23 God says to you, If you will stop playing …
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Lambchops
Back in my youth pastor days, we would put on a church-wide Passover service every Spring. One year, to better promote the service, I went to a local sheep farmer to see if I could borrow a lamb. My plan was to keep it in our backyard and bring him to church on Sundays. We …
Summer In the Psalms
In CS Lewis’ classic book The Screwtape Letters a demon, Screwtape, is training his nephew on how to tempt humans. He writes, “whatever their bodies do affects their soul. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: In reality, our best work is done by keeping things out.” Here …
The Rest of the Story
[picture by Alessandro Cerino on Unsplash] When I was a kid, my dad would listen to a radio show by Paul Harvey called The Rest of the Story. Paul Harvey would tell a story but at a key point stop and say, “In a minute you will hear the rest of the story.” Then they …
It’s an Annual Post
I still love it.
God and Luck
JoLynn and I enjoy the monthly hot date at Costco. Usually, we pull in on a weekend and the place is packed. Still, I’ll find a nice spot close to the handicapped parking. She says, with jealous disdain, “You’re so lucky.” I reply, “Yeah, well, I had my devotions.” Is God like that? Does he …
Lost in Chicago
I got off the “L” in Chicago (short for elevated railway), and said to myself, “self,” I said, “I don’t know where I am, but it looks like the worst slums in America, and I’m pulling a suitcase. This could be a bad day.” It almost was. It had been one of those weekends. The …
What Would You Do if God Called You to Haiti?
I was sitting in a Pastor’s meeting when one of the guys suggested, “How about we go around, and each say how God called us to ministry?” All I could think of was, “Please, no.” That and, “God, please call this meeting to an end.” He didn’t. I would love to have one of those …
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Needing a Miracle
If you could buy God one gift, what would it be? I’d get Him a watch. I want to get God on my time. I want Him to see things like I see them. Am I the only one who has wanted to shout, “God, can’t you see what is happening here? Help out already!” …
You need these verses
Sometimes I have difficulty getting into the skin of what verses in the Bible are trying to say. So, I go into my fancy Logos Bible program - or jump to Bible Hub or Blueletter Bible on my phone - and took up the word-for-word translation. After some study, and stealing from other translations, I …
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