Without God We Labor. With God We Build.

Psalm 127 is an odd little Psalm. It feels like it’s about two separate subjects. The first subject is found in verses one and two, where we learn that it’s possible to labor apart from the blessing of the Lord. We labor, the Lord builds. That makes for one subject. Then we feel this shiftContinueContinue reading “Without God We Labor. With God We Build.”

Our Manifesto for Healing

The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord—Job 1:21 In His wisdom and sovereignty, the Lord gave us Greyson. We rejoiced and blessed the name of the Lord as we celebrated his adoption. In His wisdom and sovereignty, the Lord took Greyson. We will rejoice and bless theContinueContinue reading “Our Manifesto for Healing”

UPDATE–My (Not So) Social Media Experiment: Goodbye Forever, Social Media.

Thirty days ago, I started an experiment with Social Media. I wanted to remove the social aspect from social media and use it only to publish information. So, over the last month, I’ve used it only for that purpose. I haven’t scrolled through Facebook or Twitter. I’ve just posted the information and logged off. MyContinueContinue reading “UPDATE–My (Not So) Social Media Experiment: Goodbye Forever, Social Media.”

Real Fake

In a sermon I recently preached I defined worship simply as the honor and adoration of God. When we honor and adore God we rightly exalt him above all else in our life. And to rightly exalt God above all else in our life is authentic worship. Worship is both external (what we say andContinueContinue reading “Real Fake”