During youth church we challenged our high school young people to come up with questions they had about God and the church. Here are some of their inquiries: Read More …
Just Like Me
Listening to my oldest daughter pray is an interesting experience. Much of what she says during her prayers is a repurposing of what I’ve said in my prayers for her. During my conversations with God I thank Him for my day. She offers the same thanks in her prayers. I ask God to watch over us as we sleep, so does she. My words have become her words. Our prayer time together no longer has to begin with me saying, “Repeat after me, dear Jesus…”. She has seen and heard me enough times to know what to do. Read More …
The Voice
I used to love to sing when I was a kid. It felt good to have a couple of solos with the children’s choir. Things were going well until I hit those trouble years – puberty. One day I stood in front of church preparing to sing. Holding the microphone I waited for my musical cue. When I opened my mouth an awful sound emerged. Embarrassed, I was forced to sing in a lower key just to make it through the song. Read More …
The New You
All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” Acts 9:21
To describe it as a party would be overgenerous. It was not a party. My family and I rung in the New Year alongside two other couples and their kids. We ate pizza, played games and told parenting jokes. It was simple, mostly quiet, and no one had to call AAA for a ride home. Several years ago I would have chalked this up as a disappointment and texted someone about my lame night. Instead my wife and I laughed about the good time we had.
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