Tag: devotion
We build this time of year around traditions and high hopes. Filling our days, weeks and spare moments with festivities and good intentions. Decor, gifts, time spent, the money given, family pictures, Christmas cards- they’re all wonderful and time-consuming. This year while preparing for our church’s Christmas worship event, I sat with my team and… View Article
Being different is hard. Even in an individualist culture like America’s, we still can find it requires a real amount of courage to stand out in a group or hold a counter-cultural opinion or belief. Often, we find ourselves struggling to balance our need to “come out and be separate” (2 Corinthians 6:17) with the… View Article
As children, it is likely we sang the catchy lyrics of a common Sunday School song “the wise man built his house upon the rock.” In those early years, the song’s message probably seemed clear. We needed to be sure to build our lives on the rock of Jesus. Simple enough, right? Yet somehow… View Article
It is likely that if you are reading this article then you have probably experienced a moment in an altar that called you to change. Surrounded by the presence of God, you felt a call to be different and pushed to go beyond your norm. The problem is not the experience, the experience itself carries… View Article
Who is your Pastor?
It is not a new trend for the world to challenge and criticize the role that a pastor fills. It goes back to the days of Joseph, where the Bible states “every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians” (Genesis 46:34). The enemy hates biblical leadership because a pastor will help guide you toward… View Article