Another Note

  • What’s our glory?

    It’s another day. I’m another john. and this is another note.  I wrote a worship song that entails several lessons I’ve shared from the book of Ephesians recently. I had fun writing it, and it was a blessing to lead it during worship this weekend. The chorus says: God has saved us and raised…

  • What you trust

    Contentment is not about what you have but about what you trust. Read Philippians 4:19

  • Our first love

    Last night, I finished a book I had been reading for a while. I actually restarted it twice. It was a church leadership book. Over the last several years, I’ve tended to rush through those. I don’t appreciate that the church infatuates itself with business-like approaches to leadership. This was different, though. Not that…

  • Don’t blame them

    If the conversation is bringing out the worst in you, don’t blame the other person. Read 2 Timothy 2:23

  • Locked doors

    As we read from Song of Solomon 5 today, it’s hard not to have in mind the words of Jesus. Depending on your translation, Revelation 3:20 begins with Look, Listen or Here I am! It’s Jesus at the door of the lukewarm church. He comes bearing an invitation. The church’s works are neither hot nor cold. As a result…

  • Making or letting?

    There’s a line between people making you angry and you letting them. Read Proverbs 16:32