Maybe it’s because I have reached my limit. Maybe you have too.
Maybe it’s because I can still vividly remember walking in the 1978 Memorial Day Parade in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, holding an American Flag alongside my Dad and his ambulance corps and feeling so proud of my nation.
Maybe it’s because we seem to be [...]
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Who Knows?
Posted in Living Water, tagged America, apathy, children, Christianity, Christians, church, corruption, daughters, evil, Fair Lawn, faith, families, Florida, Georgia, God, Grace, In God We Trust, Jews, Jonah 3, kids, kings, life, morality, nation, New Jersey, parade, parents, personal, playgrounds, politics, prayer, random, religion, repentance, Somer Thompson, soul, spirituality, swing sets, Taylor Swift, thoughts, United States, violence on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Door
Posted in Living Water, tagged book proposals, books, Christianity, Christians, church, cross, doors, faith, God, Grace, Jesus, love, personal, random, religion, second chances, spirituality, theology, thoughts, wood on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hello: Here is this week’s Living Water. It is a sample chapter from a book proposal I put together a while back called, Second Chance Church: Becoming A Place of Grace.
There are doors…and then there are doors. A door can be beautifully crafted, can serve as a gateway and even communicate about those inside.
Think of [...]
I Want More!
Posted in Living Water, tagged Bible, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Christians, church, comfort, faith, greed, Jesus, life, Luke 12, possessions, religion, sin, spirituality on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Luke 12:13-21
“I Want More!”
“And he (Jesus) said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” Then he told them a parable: The land of a rich man produced abundantly…And the things you have [...]
Turning Point
Posted in Living Water, tagged children, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christians, church, death, discouraged, dreams, encouragement, endurance, faith, family, Grace, gratitude, healing, heaven, help, hope, hopes, illness, isolation, Jesus, Jesus Christ, kids, life, marriages, parenting, parents, personal, prayer, promises, random, relationships, religion, Romans 8, spirituality, strength, thankful, thoughts, turning point, unconditional love, Why on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Turning Point
O Lord!
When someone lets go of decades of pain and suffering and begins to move toward wholeness –
We turn to you and give thanks that healing is possible through you.
When our young people, despite our best efforts, lose their way and find themselves in all kinds of prisons [...]
The Weight
Posted in Living Water, tagged children, Christianity, Christians, church, Colossians 1, discouragement, faith, family, freedom, God, good enough, Grace, guilt, Jesus, Josh Wilson, kids, love, parenting, personal, religion, savior, spirituality, weight on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can you feel it?
You can’t really see it, but it’s there.
It’s this weight. The weight of trying to be good enough (for God and for others), trying to do enough, trying to accomplish, trying to be a success, of trying to measure up.
Translated into real life, this weight feels like many things. Maybe it’s caring [...]
The Making of a Pastor
Posted in Living Water, tagged Bible, Care, Christianity, Christians, church, conversations, Ephesians 3, evidence, faith, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Leadership, life, love, ministry, mothers, outreach, pastor, pastoral care, pastoring, plan, Preaching, Psalm 139, purpose, religion, sacrificial, seminary, speaking, spirituality, training, witnessing on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Psalm 139:15-16
The Making of a Pastor
“You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, the days of my life all prepared before I’d [...]
The Heart of a Pastor, Part I
Posted in Living Water, tagged Bible, calling, Care, Christian, Christian Leadership, Christianity, Christians, church, congregation, death, despair, encouragement, exhortation, faith, gospel, Grace, heart, hope, incarnational, Jesus Christ, job, life, love, Matthew 25, minister, ministers, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoring, Pastors, personal, prayer, presence, random, religion, sacrifice, seminary, spirituality, theology, thoughts, vocation on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the last couple of months, I have been vividly reminded of why I do what I do. Pure ministry – loving, leading, and encouraging others in Christ’s name by Christ’s power. To be the presence of Christ, an ambassador, in the best and worst times of His people’s lives. To offer prayers when words [...]
Wonderfully Made
Posted in Living Water, tagged appearance, Bible, children, Christianity, Christians, church, creation, David Crowder Band, death, family, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 10:10, kids, knitting, life, parenting, parents, personal, Psalm 139, random, religion, spirituality, theology, thoughts, value, worthy on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14
I don’t know much about how to knit…
But I do know that knitting is a craft that requires patience, precision, focused [...]
Life and Death
Posted in Living Water, tagged belief, believing, Bible, children, Christianity, Christians, conversion, cross, dead, death, EMT, faith, families, God, holiness, hymns, inspiration, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 5, kids, Kingdom, life, pardon, parents, personal, random, Reflections, relationships, religion, spirituality, theology, thoughts, To God Be The Glory on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John 5:24
Life and Death
“It’s urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes what I am saying right now and aligns himself with the Father…has at this very moment the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This person has taken a giant step from the world of [...]
Fear Factor
Posted in Living Water, tagged Bible, broken, brokenness, children, Christianity, Christians, church, fear, God, God's House, hospitality, intolerance, Jesus, John 6, judgment, kids, love, parents, personal, random, religion, spirituality, theolgy, thoughts on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a tale of two houses.
Some see it as “God’s House.” Some see it as a Haunted House.
Many see it and think “home.” Many see it and think, “You’re not welcome.”
A lot of people see it as a place of acceptance. A lot of people see it as a place of intolerance and hypocrisy.
Church.
“You know, [...]
