Posts tagged “Serve”
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…
The blessing of noticing and being noticed
Very often I sit by a 77-year-old woman at church. When she walks out of church, the pastor greets her with, “Good to see…
God’s hands and feet
“Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor…
Spring = new life
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine on us—so that your ways may be known on…
Which is better?
Which is better? Coke or Pepsi? LeBron or Jordan? Dairy Queen or Culvers? Okay, that last one is a trick question because all ice…
The most important of all
Name some of the most important people and positions in our world. What did you come up with? Maybe you said, “The president, corporate…
New life
In the days preceding his death, Jesus reminded his disciples of a lesson from nature that had application in his own life and the…
How low can you go?
It must be nice to be an important person. People praise you. Servants serve you. All in all, life is good when you are…
Jesus isn’t a Gnostic
Have you ever heard of the Gnostics? Gnosticism was a very popular religion that exploded with growth in the early second century, making it…
Love at any cost
What are you not doing that you know you should? Who are you not helping but know you could? Love at any cost. When…
Give, not give up
I always think it’s interesting that people like to give up something for Lent. Often it’s something like a mini New Year’s resolution, with…
Take a census
King David got in trouble when he took a census of his people. The census itself was not wrong, but David’s motivations were. The…