I’ve been learning to pray differently when God doesn’t answer the way I hoped He would. Lately, I’ve been wrestling with some things and praying about it for a couple months. I’ve tried to pray from every possible angle. Yet, maybe it’s not the angle that matters but rather His […]
Have you ever prayed for something and then…nothing happens? Even sometimes we pray for trivial things we want God to fix and He doesn’t do it. I’ve prayed this before: “God, please help my car to start. I can’t be late for work.” It didn’t start. When we pray things […]
Another question I’ve been wrestling with in regards to this so called dichotomy between faith and responsibility is this: Can you step out in faith in one area of your life and expect God to bless it when you are NOT being responsible in other areas? I’m not so sure […]
Continuing to use my painful dental procedure as a teaching tool, here’s another lesson we could extract regarding sin. 2) If you don’t deal with it…it will mess you up. I had always heard that if your wisdom teeth don’t bother you, leave them alone. After all, why did God […]
Have you ever noticed how creativity and order seem to live in opposite worlds…or at least we see it that way. We think that creative minds must be free of order in order to create. We often try our best to keep organization out when we want creativity to flow. […]
I have thoughts that I ponder often in my head. I thought today I’d share them with my blog world! Here are some random things I often wonder about. 1) Do other people who are not in full-time ministry think about the church as much as I do? 2) Why […]
I want to take a moment to let all of my readers know about a free concert this Saturday evening at Crossroads. This was not really advertised to the entire church, so consider yourself an insider if you read this. Our worship leader, Joe Miller, will be reuniting with his […]
Sometimes I find myself in situations where I desperately want to hear from God. I might have a big decision that needs to be made and I want to know that I’m making the right one. So I am driven to spend more time in God’s Word and get up […]
Every time I write the date 9/11 I am instantly reminded of that dreadful day. Most of us remember where we were when it all happened. I wonder if people felt like that in the years that followed Dec. 7, 1941? It reminds me that we are still in a […]
What if we used our social networks to reach people for Christ? Oh wait, that was His plan. One of the greatest benefits of connecting with people through online networks is the ability to share the Gospel. People I went to school with years ago can see that I am […]