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This list is a few weeks late, but still worth thinking about.
Lent is the time that most of us know we "have to give up something." I hate that. First, no, we don't have to do anything. Second, Lent is a time when the church has traditionally taken up the practice of fasting. Of course, we can talk about and actually fast any other time of the year. But who wants to get carried away, really?
The distinction I want...
What is worship? Why do we worship? Who is worship for? When do we worship? Where do we worship?
Those are some of the questions I asked myself as I prepared this sermon for yesterday. The sermon is entitled Why Your Worship is Boring. In part it's boring, I suggest, because we focus way to much on music and stain-glass windows. Of course, there are other things, too. The psalmist said that "from you [God] comes my praise in the great congregation"...
In a few months, our family is going to celebrate an undertaking we’ve been working toward for some time. I already know what I am going to do when it happens—it’s a Friday tradition. I am going to call into Dave Ramsey’s radio show and announce to the world that, “WE’RE DEBT FREEEEEE!” It's a Friday tradition. That may not sound significant to you, but it is something wonderful because we haven’t always been faithful stewards. People would ask...
