Category: Worship

The Father

The pickup truck screeched to a grinding halt within inches of me as I sped across the street.  It all happened so fast that although I had made it safely to the other side, I had to turn back to…

Everything, Really?

“I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord…” Philippians 3:8 Everything Lord, really? Consider everything a loss?  This is quite a statement by Paul and it is a crossroad that we, who…

The Good Shepherd

I know a man who works just outside the center of Philadelphia.  He was telling us about the many homeless and other derelict people who inhabit the streets near where he works.  He is often pan-handled as he makes his…

Consuming Fire

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,  for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:28~29) This is what I call a “chewy”…

From nothing

Something from nothing.  That is the way He began our story and it is the way of unfolding ever since.  It’s what we can’t extract, pin-point, or make in a test tube.  It’s elusive, invisible, and yet ~ it’s everything. …