17 Things I Learned in 2013
This time each year, I sit down and net out the most significant things I learned. Good, bad or ‘rained out,’ here’s this year’s list . . . 1. We trust someone who wants something…
Worship is the Way Back
So what do I do now that Christmas is over? How do I get back from the orgy of food, wrapping paper and turkey? Short days of early winter. Slow work schedules and hours of the NFL…
Are You Satisfied With Jesus?
In every story and every ‘picture’ we have from scripture, Jesus was satisfied. Even when His humanity erupted briefly in Gethsemane, He came back to ‘satisfied’ as He said to the Father “not my will…
Is Jesus Satisfied With Me?
Growing up Baptist, my mind runs to the B.B. McKinney hymn “I am Satisfied”. Written in 1926, it had a good tune, but bad theology. First verse… I am satisfied with Jesus, He has done so…
Does God Love Us or Use Us?
A gargantuan question posed by John Piper. Were we created to worship, to ‘glorify God’ and be used by Him to lead others to do the same? Is that the point? Is God a megalomaniac…
Daddy and the Checkered Flag
It’s crazy how much influence our dads have on us. If they’re involved in our lives, they shape us at the core. If they’re not, their absence shapes us at the core. No one escapes…
Stop Counting?
Not too long ago, I heard Bob Goff say “We need to stop counting”. He’s busting on everything being so knotted up and measured. So ‘corporate’. He said love should be inefficient. Senselessly abundant and…
Church…Just Like You Like It!
Every Christian I’ve met has a paradigm of ‘church’. If they could wave a magic wand, their church would be a certain size, provide a certain kind of music and worship style, hire the perfect…
The Laws of Applause
Years ago, somebody taught me “You won’t have peace until you figure out who your audience is, and God is the only audience that matters.” While this is true, living it out risks two misunderstandings:…
Calling vs. Destiny (Part 2)
So if our destiny is our future course, what about ‘calling’ and how’s it different from ‘destiny’? Destiny is something you wake up to. Calling is something you find. Back to the expressway analogy. Finding…
