For many years now I have carried a nail with me during Lent. It is a model of a chiseled nail that would have been used to crucify Christ. Now I have no idea if this is really what the nail would have looked like, but to me it represents the pain I put JesusContinue reading “The Nail”
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Cross Eyed! – Ash Wednesday
I have a new coffee cup, that I got at a Senior High Youth Event in Austin. It reminds me every day about the trip, but it also reminds me the purpose of my life. It also has a reference to Hebrews 12:2. I also had a shirt a while ago that referenced this verse. Continue reading “Cross Eyed! – Ash Wednesday”
Where are you running?
I don’t know about you, but this first month, which has spilled over into the second month of 2010 has been hectic. It seems I am running every where and doing everything and making progress but in the wrong direction. It seems for every step I take forward I am going backwards 4 or 5.Continue reading “Where are you running?”
Ever been somewhere and wondered how in the world you got there?
Have you ever been some place in a situation and wondered how you got there and how you were going to make it out of it? It is moments like these we seek to use our faith. And what is faith? Hebrews 11 tells us that Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, theContinue reading “Ever been somewhere and wondered how in the world you got there?”
STUPID goals « Running Agile
STUPID goals « Running Agile. This is great. Meant to be for business managers, but I saw huge impacts for church leadership. So many times we want to do what is attainable and going to produce positive out comes. But we have the power of the creator of the universe behind us. He is callingContinue reading “STUPID goals « Running Agile”
February 2010 Front Page
I sit at my desk pondering the newsletter and what is happening around here. There is a lot of talk about education and confirmation and I ponder as we go into Lent what education and confirmation mean. I wonder when it is that confirmation begins. Most of us would probably say that confirmation is 7thContinue reading “February 2010 Front Page”
Standards set…
This morning I participated in a Bible Study on Acts chapter 6. We talked about the appointment of the 7 to do service for the widows and those who were being overlooked. In doing this we took a side step to talk about the apostles… The apostles took it upon themselves to create, or continue,Continue reading “Standards set…”
Passion Show
My devotion for this morning was about following Jesus and doing the commandments. Even today we hear the call of Jesus just as Peter, James, John did from the show line. Can you hear it echoing, “Come and Follow Me.” Come and leave your safe life behind. I want you to go to place andContinue reading “Passion Show”
Purging Passion
Josiah was king. He was also 8. Josiah though had a passion for the God of his father David, that caused him to become enraged by idols and false gods that would take away from his time and worship of the real God. Idols in Josiah’s time were easy to spot and take down, andContinue reading “Purging Passion”
I wonder…
Have you ever been approached by someone for help? It seems to be a daily thing for me now a days. I often find myself hearing a voice asking, “what if this is Jesus?” And what if it is? Aren’t I as a child of God suppose to see Jesus in the least of these?Continue reading “I wonder…”