Are we there yet? Is it over yet? Are we done yet? – All questions I’ve heard and asked a million times. And this past week, as we set out to cut up and clean up a huge section of our beautiful backyard willow tree that had fallen this winter… I asked it of myself […]
Category: on Scripture
This thing… and all things.
“Do you know what my mom always used to tell me?” He was struggling to keep his balance (and catch his breath) nearly 24 feet off the ground in our indoor ropes course. Last year he had come to camp and tried, but not been able to overcome his fear of heights. He had not […]
Set an example.
Here is an excerpt from the message I shared at chapel this morning in our series Trustworthy Sayings, from 1 Timothy. In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul encourages Timothy to set an example for other followers of Jesus of how he should, or could, live. Ok… cool stuff… there’s two ways this phrase set an example […]
Confessions of a Prodigal Servant.
The story in Luke 15 is subtitled “The Parable of the Lost Son” in the NIV, and “The Prodigal Son” in the NASB. We’ve commonly taught this passage emphasizing that we are the lost son, squandering our father’s wealth and turning away from him for a life of leisure and pleasure. And we’ve also taught […]
To Serve Without Fear
It’s been interesting to me how, in listening, different words and phrases stand out to me than when reading.