Worship O’Naturale

Yesterday at church, there was plenty of behind the scenes issues with technical difficulties.  Our computer in our Kids room is an older system and takes the right sequence of button pushings, etc to get it running smoothly.  I usually turn it on and do all those button pushings, but since I’ll be away for vacation in a…

Why Forget?

The idea behind forgetting is one of those things that make you think.  Why is it that we forget almost everything the moment we walk away from it? Seriously.

Certainly in some instances, it’s a clear God-given gift.  In other places, it would be wonderful to have the ability to just remember what you just learned or read or…

Read Some, Think More

I have about 5 blogs that I read.  I like the ones that write short posts.  The point of writing, for me, is that it forces me to think before speaking.  You read it in 39 seconds, it takes me longer to write, backspace, write, start over, change the title, stare into the screen to capture just the right…

How To Be a Shining Light

From this same passage that I talked about yesterday, are some pretty practical “how to’s” to be a good shining light in this world.  Most of the time, we want to think about the good that we can do to be shining lights, the activities that we can be involved in, etc.  Those are good, but Philippians 2 goes…

Shining Lights

Yesterday, our pastor, Marty Holman spoke a message about Honor.  It’s quite a good one and starts at the end of the issue when it comes to honor: selflessness.  There was this concept in this message from Philippians 2 that made good discussion in our Student Ministry small group.

“so that you may be blameless and pure,…

What’s my Holy Discontent?

I’ve been reading “Holy Discontent” by Bill Hybels.  It’s a thought provoking subject and he gives good advice in finding that one deep purpose, that motivation in life that gets you cranked to give whatever time, energy and resources it takes to get it done.  For some, it’s feeding the poor or clothing the homeless or bringing awareness to…

Family’s Are Born for… Fighting?

Proverbs 17:17  “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

This verse is the oddest verse in Proverbs 17.  It just doesn’t seem to fit the rest of the context.  Before and after this statement are verses describing a fool in their lifestyle, character, and dealings with money and other people.

This verse is…

FmExp July 4 Recap

This past weekend, July 4th fell on a Sunday.  Our church, Fellowship Church, holds an outdoor service the first Sunday of July for the past 7 years.  So last November, we put on the calendar to have a Family Experience as our outdoor service. Our Family Experience is a time where the kids and the adults get…