Yesterday Was A Good Day
Standing backstage behind our church’s platform, I looked at my beautiful Amy sitting in her wheelchair as she got ready to stand up out of it and walk with me to the pulpit. It was the first Sunday morning that we had been able to be together at Meadow since the events of June 16th…
Sunday Essentials
There are many things we can live without on Sunday. We can make it through the day if our favorite football team fails on the field. If we choose our Sunday best to wear, only to discover in the church parking lot a previously unnoticed stain or rip…we must press on, valiant warrior. Perhaps the…
A Politically Incorrect Rant
My son came home from kindergarten this week and informed me that he had been shoved to the ground by a child one grade above him. From what Landon’s big sister says, this little fellow that knocked down my son has a big brother with behavioral issues galore and that the chief offender is also…
Remembering Who You Are Today
Sometimes you forget who you are. The day begins and there are responsibilities upon you. Whether it be as ordinary as fixing a meal and cleaning up from the night before, or whether it is as stressful as traveling to an airport to fly out of town for an important meeting, you are usually met…
The God Of…
If you wish to connect with another believer then I encourage you to find a prayer partner or two. No other expression of our faith does more to bind two hearts together in purpose than the activity of prayer. Praying two weeks ago with a friend, I heard him open his intercession by saying some…
Blessed Limitations
After a challenging time together in the morning services yesterday, God graced the Meadow Family with some robust encouragement and soul-moving worship in the evening gathering. Psalm 126 was our text and we shared some time together reflecting on God’s ongoing ability to turn difficulty on its head and bring sweet relief to those who…
Him, Not Us
“I will manifest My glory in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord…” – Ezekiel 28:22 {ESV} On any given day you and I may awake and be uncertain about some things. Not all of your life is crystal clear and we are called as Christians to journey onward by faith,…
Exchanging Cutlasses For Cotton Balls
A couple of years ago I spent a week in Scotland with Nathan Young, missionary-church planter. Frankly, I would not wish to live in Scotland due to the constant pelting of raindrops but that was the only negative factor. The people there were wonderful and the history and architecture were sometimes spellbinding. Glasgow was where…
Early Appointment…Brief Blog
It is my privilege to accompany my sweetie-pie to a rather early appointment at her physical rehabilitation provider so I’m going to leave you with a handful of brief thoughts that may serve to sweeten your Monday. Don’t allow what you hear or experienced on the mountain Sunday get lost in the valley of duty…
An Addendum to the Happily Helpless
My last entry involved my embracing of the term Happily Helpless in describing Christians who must live beyond their power. The gist was that we are helpless in ourselves but we can be happy in the One who is committed to our help. Paul Tripp recently posted the words below in his blog and I…