You probably want to be a success. And that's alright-it's a very reasonable thing to desire. The question "Am I successful?' or "What...

10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks...

All of us are on Journeys, regardless of whether the journey is characterized by self or love. The Hebrews thought of a life of Love not...

The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient, and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can...

And God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. Genesis 1:3 Everything is in place. The land and sea nestle together. Day and...

I am in the publishing business. This week we had our semiannual Sales Meeting with the secular publishers. This involves two days of...

Sparrows are very small birds, usually 4-8 inches in size. They are persistent, resourceful, and intelligent. For many people they are a...

Whether you know it or not, from the moment you were born you have been part of a culture. Your culture has shaped and influenced you in...

Fellow Christian, have you ever had someone criticize your way of life? Make fun of your beliefs? Insinuate that you are stupid? Boring?...

In the movie City Slickers, Billy Crystal plays a confused, dissatisfied thirty-something character with a vague sense that life is...

Admit it. None of us really like rules or laws and especially not commandments. We are ambivalent about rules even when we know they are...

We all know the story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God...

Forrest Gump: My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” It appears mysterious,...

After several weeks of worshiping from home, we are going back to church. Gathering together again with brothers and sisters in Christ....

Last week the elders had the privilege of "attending" Together for the Gospel, which this year was streamed online because of...

A while back our small group got to talking about worship and how the songs we'd sung that morning (we meet on Sunday evenings) were...

This is the second in a series of posts I'm calling "What Are We Singing" that examines lyrics of common worship songs to understand...

When we raise our hands in worship, yes, it should absolutely be because what we're singing has helped us glimpse a little bit of who Go

This is the first in a series of posts I'm entitling "What Are We Singing." The goal of the series is to examine songs we sing during...

I've been the worship leader at Woodville for . . . I don't even know . . . seven or eight years probably. While there have been a lot of...