Thursday is for Discipleship This week I have been working on the third message in a series on the fatherhood of God. One of the delights for me has been rereading a small treasure from my library. Sinclair Ferguson’s Children of the Living God is a classic on the Christian life and the fatherhood of … More God is My Father: The Fundamental Way to Think
Wednesday is for Worship As an undergrad, I was an ancient history major, focused on Greece and Rome with a minor in ancient Greek language. I love history and I love exploring the past for gems that speak across the centuries about the wonder of Christ. Venantius Fortunatus was a bishop in Poitiers France around … More Worship: “Sing, My Tongue, The Saviour’s Battle”
Thursday is for Thinking “[In] one of Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries, … the key to solving a case was the fact that when a man was murdered a certain dog didn’t bark! Some called it the presence of an absence!” quote from the I.D.E. Thomas book: William Shakespeare and His Bible It is an arresting phrase–“the presence … More 12 “Absences” that Prove the Descent of the American Church
A Simple Post on Facebook Yesterday Evening It was a simple observation that TV producers, writers, and Networks seem to be bent on giving a very noticeable pattern to their viewing audience. Mentalist, House, Elementary, Backstrom: Hollywood selling atheist heroes to the TV audience. With dripping disdain for the “foolishness,” and “stupidity” of those who have … More Be Still and Know: Psalm 46 and the Believing Mind
The Poetry Project The songs of Ascent are the songs Israel sang on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Three times a year Jews in the diaspora would come from the corners of the known world to offer worship to the God of Israel. And as the crowds got closer to the Holy City the throngs thickened and began … More We Became a Choir Waking Angels to Worship
Weekend Musings Recently, I read a great article over at MiddleBrained.com from Dan Leverence. It made me think. It continues to make me think. Here’s the link to the article. (LINK) The article itself was titled, “More Questions for the Ongoing Conversation About Congregational Engagement in Worship.” I think Dan was asking some good questions and … More Worship Ministry and Hearing the Congregation Sing
One of my favorite hymns is Before the Throne. Some years ago, I wrote some additional lyrics for it. I am away on a retreat speaking on the Art of Biblical Meditation and thought I would repost it today to encourage all my friends to reflect on the greatness of the gospel. A Hymn to … More A Hymn to Cry Out to God
Thursday is for Discipleship O Holy Night is a great song for corporate worship but a very difficult song for soloists to pull off. But’s its theology is worth the risk. Different artists have done covers, from Bing Crosby to Whitney Houston. Personally, I like this one by Josh Groban even though he changes some … More Another Hymn for Christmas Meditation
Part of the worship service this Sunday. In the madness that is our world at the moment, it is good to draw away and reflect on the greatness of Christmas and “good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people.” All people. Black, yellow, white and brown–all people–equally, before the King … More Celebrating Advent
Monday is for Discussion Another offering for the poetry project. We live in a post-resurrection world. We live in a world that has been radically changed by “the news of a great joy that will be for all the people” (Luke 2:10) and a Savior who rose from the dead (Luke 24:7). We live in … More A Psalm of David Reheard
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