I recently spent the weekend with my son and daughter-in-love back in Kentucky. On Sunday, we went to the Greek Orthodox Church that they attend. I’ve traveled a lot and had the opportunity to visit many Orthodox churches, and I’m always struck by how intentional everything is. The images, the[…]
I’ve been attending a conference the last few days, and yesterday one of the keynote speakers asked us a question. It’s not a “frilly” one. It’s not a simple one. It is something that ought to make us pause…it sure did me. Yet, it’s not a new question either. In[…]
Psalm 77 has wrecked me. The words of the psalmist – better, the cries of the psalmist are filled with emotion. This person of God is wounded and weary. This person is begging for something to change. This person very boldly asks if God has forgotten them. They feel cut[…]
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” – Proverbs 4:23 As a kid, was there anything better than the month of June? When the calendar flipped to “May” excitement started to bubble, and as the month crept on each day felt like a[…]
“People can think correctly and behave rightly and worship politely and still live badly–live anemically, live individualistically self-enclosed lives, live bored and insipid and trivial lives.” – Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places The morning readings this week have taken me to the book of Hosea. A book[…]
I know a lot of folks who seem to be in the midst of storms right now. Be it work related, health related, personal relationships, or some other storm, this psalm is for you. I hope and pray it gives you a peace that it has given me. This storm[…]
Jesus wants more than good deeds. He wants our hearts – The Resevoir I try and let my morning devotional times be opportunities to let truth set my day, but this morning really made me pause. A devotional I’m reading asked about what a “loveless marriage” looks like. My counseling[…]
“Our God doesn’t teach us how to climb high, but how to bow low.” – Casey Page Culbreth As a kid, I always had this feeling that I was different from everyone else. I wasn’t terribly athletic. I like sports, but I never felt like I had the right mix[…]
“In Christ, you and I have become people drenched in the Holy Spirit; we have become living testaments to the final dwelling together of God and humanity that is to come.” – Casey Page Culbreth The word is incarnation. It’s big giant church word that is often used with very[…]
“The Spirit is always calling us into our deep, wild place. We can go believing or unbelieving. God will be faithful to meet us either way.” – Casey Page Culbreth I’m not a fan of the cold. If you know me this is no surprise or shock. I remember attending[…]