Several months ago, I mentioned a cousin of mine in a sermon. I hadn’t planned to do that. The message was about discipleship and learning the way of Jesus as a church. Compare that to how some preachers teach business and motivation techniques sprinkled with Jesus talk. The comment I made was something like,…
Keep doing the good work of the Lord. The reward is the blessing of the good Lord! Read Hebrews 11:6
Isaiah 57:14-21 This week, I watched a movie I’m going to recommend to my church. It’s called “Man of God” and is the story of St. Nektarios. The Church knows him as the Wonderworker. A priest and bishop, he served with great humility, despite the great unrest around him. Many accused him and resented…
God is not interested in a religious show, but wants you to know the fulfilment of walking with the Lord. Read Micah 6:8
Psalm 123 Mercy was the game. As kids, two of us would lock hands and begin a painful, bendy dance to get the other to surrender. The goal was to make the other say mercy. So, you’d twist and turn your hands to put theirs in awkward, almost tortuous positions. If the pain was…
Psalm 98 Every time you gather to worship, you’re remembering something amazing God did. The mystery of our faith is that Christ has died. Christ is risen. And Christ will come again. No one took Jesus’ life from him. He gave it freely to demonstrate the loving-kindness of God. Jesus made the decision to…