Connecting Through Service
I recently shared with the congregation about my time as a member of a church in Tulsa. The point I was making was that while I loved the church, attended the church faithfully, and supported the church financially, I didn’t feel truly connected to the church until I started serving. I served in the ex-alted […]
Are You Exposed to Spiritual Danger?
Some of our Royal Rangers just got back from winter camp, and they got their money’s worth, so to speak. It was COLD! Some of them, including our own Jeremy Birkey, had to spend a night outdoors in an improvised shelter. It brought back memories of when I had to do that at Winter Operations […]
A Little Personal Examination
I have written before, in this space, in January, about the value of see-ing the beginning of a year as an opportunity for a fresh start. There is no specific Biblical basis for “New Year’s resolutions”, but there is certainly plenty that is Biblical about resolving to do better; resolving to be trans-formed, even in […]
A Matter of Perspective
I can hardly believe it is almost December! We had an amazingly stable string of days and weeks with high temperatures in the 50s, which was perfect fall weather, but it dropped suddenly from 87° one day to the 50s the next, which made it seem awfully cold. However, that same 50° will seem mighty […]
A Perfect Example of a False Dichotomy
I recently heard a minister say something like this: “If you can’t accept the reality that God has told every lightning bolt where to strike, the only alternative is to believe that God has no control over nature.” This was his opening line of a message about God and natural disasters, and his position, clearly, […]