That’s how our pastor ended the sermon yesterday. After talking about serving like Jesus served, he said, “It’s not complicated. It’s not easy, but it’s not complicated.” I confess. While everyone else was standing for the closing prayer, I kept writing so I would remember that. In the class I teach on Sunday mornings and […]

This week I’ve read through Psalm 19. Decades ago I had part memorized, as part of a song, but it has been awhile. I decided to let you look at it over the weekend. Consider the poetry, the metaphor, the passion that David shows. *** The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of […]

I read an article in Technologies for Worship about 3D technology in church settings. It is a good article. The author considers the cost of the technology, the challenges of doing it well, the differences between wearing glasses in a movie theatre and wearing glasses in a church service. As I looked at the headline […]

Over the weekend, I had some friends do an exercise. We were talking about living like Jesus. I asked them to make some lists. List the last five television programs you watched. List the last five conversations you had. List what you read the last time you spent fifteen minutes reading. List the last five […]

I was thinking the other afternoon about the number of times that people around me wonder what God wants them to do. And I thought, “Maybe we should be thinking about how to do the things that we are already doing.” I was thinking that we often spend time wondering where God wants us to […]