Unworthy?

“You are unworthy. I am unworthy. We are all unworthy.”
So spoke a “worship leader” at a worship service I attended recently.
I understand what (I think) he was trying to say. I couldn’t help but wonder, though, how beneficial it is to stand before a crowd of youth and tell them in an [...]

Where It Belongs

My wife Rachel told me this morning that we’ve been asked (by email) not to use the new Dollar coins.  They allegedly have left off the “In God We Trust.”  I say allegedly because a quick check at snopes proved otherwise.
My first reaction, though, was to remember Jesus’ famous “render unto Caesar” teaching, as in [...]

The Contagiousness of Lame

I usually do my jogging on a treadmill so I can track distance and speed with a good deal of accuracy. Yesterday, after about 2 miles, I very suddenly felt pain in my left hamstring and began limping severely until I got the speed down.  I thought I might be able to jog easily for [...]

What does this say?

Found on a website encouraging support for a church growth program:
“Missionary work has never been easier or more rewarding”
Thought this might be an interesting post for Good Friday.
I, for one, am thankful that Jesus wasn’t looking for the way that was easier.
Go and do likewise.

Generational difference?

Heard a well-respected, seminary-trained retired professor of psychology say this the other day: “Hollywood tells us that marriage is passé.”
I tried to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, but I just can’t go along with it.  Sure, there are movies and television shows that don’t pay marriage a lot of respect, and there [...]

Don’t Tempt Me!

Twice in the last 4 days I have heard preachers teach that the story of the Fall implicates God in our sinfulness. That’s not the way to tell the story; the next time I hear a trained clergy do so, I may scream!
Both times the story of God telling the man and woman not [...]

OMG! what now?

Since my Tuesdays begin with a group study at 5:30 am, if I am to hit the gym on Tuesdays I do so during the lunch hour. As I changed clothes to get ready for my workout, I realized I had not matched my socks early this morning.
Since I theologize everything, I couldn’t help [...]

Heartless?

I just received another of “those” emails. This one was titled “If you don’t forward this, you don’t have a heart.”
I apparently do not have a heart; because even if I read the message and was moved by it, with a heading like that, I refuse to forward it.
This particular message was a heart-tugging [...]