If you are new to the season of Advent, I hope you’ll join me on this journey of waiting. Advent is a season that is observed in many Christian denominations, expressions and churches. Observing Advent means to prepare our hearts for the coming Jesus. Advent is a season of waiting. In other words, Advent is […]
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
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Planted on the Mountain of the Lord
Many of us, myself included, spend a lot of time trying to figure out God’s plan for our lives. What is his purpose for me? What does he want me to do? Where does he want me to go? Basically, why am I here and where am I going? I must confess that from time […]
One Step at a Time
When I travel to a location I’ve never been, I usually use Google maps. No doubt most of you reading this blog would use your larger, more modern phones. However, my iPhone is ancient in cell-phone years, which leads to a few disadvantages. The screen is so small that if I pull up a map […]
Locked Away
Have you been there, your world suddenly turns upside down? Shock has you in frozen disbelief. Your mind on rewind, over and over again, spinning, this can’t be happening. I would guess most of us have. So after Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus’ followers were huddled together, behind locked doors, hiding in fear, gripped with […]
Dying To See Jesus
The last week or so, I have been intrigued by the passage in John 12:20-36. This passage begins when some Greeks, who had come to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover feast, make a request through Phillip, who shared it with Andrew, and together they took it to Jesus. Their request seems relatively simple: “Sir, […]
The Great Omission?
Matthew 28:19-20 King James Version (KJV) 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the […]
