Introduction: Our church has always set aside time in the worship service for corporate prayer. For years, this moment was called the Pastoral Prayer. Recently, our elders changed the name to the Congregational Prayer. This change reflects something important: this time is no longer reserved only for pastor-elders. It's an opportunity for members of the... Continue Reading →
Sour Patch Kids?
The same reason I loved coaching tee-ball was the same reason I quit baseball: win at all costs, no joy, no fun. This poem is a confession that I need Jesus — the same Son of Man who said, “Let the little children come to me.” We must be like them, He said. Not because we are innocent like children, but because we are helpless and in need.
Peers! Really?
Sitting in a room surround by peers?An ArtistA lawyerA MissionaryA PreacherA Former PreacherA Lifelong believer twice the years of a lowly peer. Write, speak, read aloud are the orders.Don’t be shy, you’re amongst peers. But how? Surely nothing said by the lowly peerwill amount to a revolutionary heart renovation.Not to the level of these prestigious... Continue Reading →