Posts from September 2022
Worship and The Real World
News headlines come at us at a furious rate. Lately, we’ve heard how wildfires are devastating California, the monkeypox is spreading rapidly, and Russia continues to attack Ukraine. It is easy to become despondent, feeling like life is out of control. How does worship play into this? Worship is a chance for us to focus our attention on the Lord—the all-powerful, all-knowing, eternal, never-changing Creator of the universe. Understanding who it is that we worship puts “the real world” into perspective. I…
Discipling, It’s Easier Than You Think
A couple of weeks ago, I had my first discipleship meeting with a couple of members of the Youth. It went really well; we spent some time talking about what we wanted to study in this discipleship group, picked a book that would help with that, and then spent some time looking into a passage of Scripture. I left it feeling good about where this was headed. I also left wishing I had started this much sooner, especially as one…