Tag: free will

A New Song

In church recently, we sang a new song. Maybe you know it?  The chorus goes… I am free to run I am free to dance I am free to live for you I am free, I am free Maybe I…

A New Year 2012

It is a new year, again.  2011 is gone and 2012 is ahead, filled with possibilities and potential.  For some, it can be drudgery to enter a new year, and for others it is a brand new, clean slate.  Many…

Leave It All Behind

“Leave it all behind. Leave it all behind.” I’m listening to these words from Casting Crowns latest song, The Well.  Singing in my best Mark Hall imitation voice, I revel in Jesus’ willingness to take all my burdens on Himself…

Girl vs Tree (Christmas Edition)

The date?  December 7th, 2011.  The arena?   A living room, toy-strewn and holiday-festive. In one corner, we have a brand-new nine foot, pre-lit, fully decorated Christmas tree.  Weakness?  Bulbs burning hot and entire strands going kaput overnight. In the other…