Posts from March 2026
Palm Sunday 2026
“Long live the king!” “Hail Hitler!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Throughout time there have been shouts of acclamation to kings, leaders, and authorities. But as you can see, not all shouts of praise are equal in quality. So, what gives worship its quality? Well, at least two things: 1) the character of the one who is praised,…
The Day of the Lord Part 2!
What motivates you to get something done? I have often talked about the very long list of projects that I have to get accomplished. I have church projects, house projects, yard projects, small projects, and huge projects. In no way am I trying to say that I always get stuff done, but I will tell you that no matter how many things I finally do get accomplished, the list that I go back to seems to just get longer and…
But God Remembered (Part II)
Read Part I After Noah entered the ark, did you know he did not hear from God for 197 days? The Bible said Noah and his family entered the ark in Genesis 7:1. After God closed the door, the rains came. Noah did not recognize the world he once knew. The geography was changing daily, landmarks disappeared. Cities gone, roads gone, homes gone. Nothing looked the same. Noah used to see many people walking in the streets where he also…
But God Remembered (Part I)
There are few stories in the Bible that are as well-known as Noah and the flood. You and I learned about the story for the first time when we were still boys and girls in Sunday School. We learned about Noah building the ark, about the animals entering the ark two by two, about the rain falling for 40 days and 40 nights. Then, as adults, we continue to learn more when we read the story as it was written…
DAY OF THE LORD!
It was the spring of 1984, Patty and I were married with our newborn son (our son Brian) and living in Fort Worth, Texas. Our home was a mobile home park that was part of the seminary that we both attended, and in that particular spring I was trying to finish the last semester of my Seminary degree. At that time, we had already decided that we were moving to Federal Way (we made that decision about March of 1984,…
What does it mean to “act like a Christian?”
My wife and I the other day were looking around some interesting ‘youtube’ documentaries, and we came across one that was titled “The Holiest Places on Earth.” It peaked my interest and we watched about an hour of it. Top on the list of holiest places was a monastery on an island in Greece. It was built centuries ago; was constructed multi-stories high on a crazy rock (to this day engineers are amazed how they did it a few hundred…
Desperation
Have you ever wondered where some of our everyday things have come from? The problem with urban living is that we have become really disconnected with how our food is made and produced. Luckily, I grew up in farm country. This led to lots of “peeks behind the curtain”. It led to a lot of “what the heck”?! For example, who decided that a burnt tree pod made amazing bean juice (aka coffee). Who looked at an oyster (raw no…