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August 18, 2017
August 16, 2017
Prayer is the practice of sitting calmly in God’s lap
My father let me climb onto his lap . . . when he drove! He’d be arrested for doing so today. But half a century ago no one cared. Especially in a flat-as-a-skillet West Texas oil field, where rabbits outnumber people. Who cares if little Max sits on Dad’s lap as he drives the company […]
Do you think statues of Confederate war heroes should be torn down?
We would like to imagine that all questions have easy answers. This is not usually the case. I could argue either side of this. On the one hand, if we tear down every statue of every imperfect person, there would be no statues left. Many of our founding fathers were slave owners. And, if we […]
August 15, 2017
Faithful in obscurity
The team needs more linesmen than quarterbacks. The company needs more cashiers than CEOs. The church needs more staff members, more deacons, and more Sunday School teachers, and more preschool workers than it needs Senior pastors. The kingdom of God needs more pastors that serve in obscurity than it needs pastors of mega-churches. In every […]
August 14, 2017
Where to find courage
Courage emerges, not from increased police security, but from enhanced spiritual maturity. Martin Luther King exemplified this. He chose not to fear those who meant him harm. On April 3, 1968, he spent hours in a plane, waiting on the tarmac, due to bomb threats. When he arrived in Memphis later that day, he was […]
August 13, 2017
Jesus is in your storm
If you will receive Him in the middle of your contradictions and in your trick bag, He can take a storm and turn it into peace. When Jesus shows up in your messed-up situation, things change. When Jesus shows up in your stressed-filled, jacked-up scenario, ground gets covered quickly. When Jesus shows up—not simply because […]
August 12, 2017
What is a parent to do?
Some years ago I witnessed a father taking this priority seriously during a Sunday morning worship service. As we took communion, I heard a small boy asking, “What’s that, Daddy?” The father explained the meaning of the bread and then offered a prayer. The boy was quiet until the cup was passed. Then he asked […]
August 11, 2017
Jesus is walking on top of their problem
But when you feel like all is lost, that is the time to open your eyes the widest. You never know what you might see on a dark night. As we discovered when we read through the passage earlier, Jesus came to the disciples walking on the waves at night. Jesus’ solution is both strange […]
The God of the Extraordinary
How do you know when God is ready to break through your rock-and-a-hard-place situation? He will invade your ordinary with something extraordinary. He will create a scenario that doesn’t make sense. When God creates a scenario that doesn’t make sense, it is not supposed to make sense. Don’t ignore God showing up in a way […]
August 10, 2017
Eight steps to worrying less than you do
Here are eight worry-stoppers to expand your tally: Pray, first. Don’t pace up and down the floors of the waiting room; pray for a successful surgery. Don’t bemoan the collapse of an investment; ask God to help you. Don’t join the chorus of co-workers who complain about your boss; invite them to bow their heads […]
