Posts tagged “Fear”
Trash talk?
I was bullied as a kid. He would stalk me after school and trash-talk: “I’m gonna punch you in the face!” I was too…
Pop-up storms
Have you experienced a pop-up storm on a sunny summer day? Within a few moments, your activities must change as you respond to new…
Taps
“Taps is a military bugle call played slow and solemn to invoke a feeling of remembrance and respect for the soldiers who have died…
Your audience of one
The audience gathers eagerly. The eighth-grade band students are dressed in their best backstage, nervously waiting for each of their names to be called…
Quiet; be still
I’ve never been in a boat in rough water. Have you? I almost drowned when I was about ten, so choppy water makes me…
An opened mind
While reading a study book on the 23rd Psalm, I was dangerously close to sleepwalking through the entire book. The author’s study questions and…
The gift of now
Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….
What does it look like to be still?
One of my favorite Bible verses is Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.” Who knew eight words could be so…
Cut the engine
When I was 20 years old, I was writing for the local newspaper and found myself doing an interview in a three-seater Cessna airplane…
God is working
People, even people within our Christian circles, do destructive, harmful, secretive things. David expresses it well in Psalm 64:6: “They plot injustice and say,…
Do not fear the kingdom of God
One of the hardest/scariest things about Christianity is that it declares Jesus to be King. That means you don’t get to make the rules,…
Listen to Jesus’ voice
Last summer my wife and I adopted a puppy named Huckleberry. Since bringing her home, the one thing that’s stood out to me the…