Worship

Sometimes, like a Freudian slip, a misspelling creates a paradigm shift that reveals a world underneath. 

Nothing but blessings had ever come from the hands Jesus lifted up. Now at his ascension those hands are again outspread as if to empty out countless blessings.

Our family Christmas card this year includes my daughter’s painted wreath with the word "hope." We could have chosen other words but "hope" seemed most fitting. 

As we opened Chinese takeout containers filled with saltine crackers and grape juice in a courtyard on Sunday, I couldn’t help but think about our uncomfortable times.

We've been collaborating by recording in our homes and then stitching everything together into a video. It has proved to be a profound way to remain connected! 

I have been amazed at just how effective praise is when it comes to pushing back the enemy. And we do have enemies, don’t we?   

A story of a CRC church's connection with an Endorsed Worship Coach.

If communion is spiritual food for our soul, don’t kindergarteners and pre-adolescents need that as much as any adult?

If we leave a worship service on any given Sunday, even the second service, with the attitude that we can now check “worship” off our to-do list, then the Church Order mandating 10 services per Sunday won’t help us!

Fossil fuels are much criticized these days. Rather than lamenting them, I thank my loving Creator for them.