(Originally published at my church blog.)
I think of worship as “honoring God.” That language helps me to remember that my worship is more than just praising God, or praying to him, or reading scripture devotionally, or whatever. It reminds me that I am called to worship God by living my life in a way that honors him.
We’ve all known people who were very engaged with God in their public worship, and very engaged with the flesh in (more…)
It was like my intestines were tied up in a knot. I’d been having stomach pains for a couple weeks, so that I had trouble standing up at times. But to do anything about it would screw up my schedule. So, convinced it was probably just a mishandling of stressors in my life, I’d just take a few deep breaths, and an occasional Alka Seltzer, and press on. Wisdom at work, huh?Well, in response to my wife’s “promptings” I finally made a doctor appointment for Tuesday at 3.45pm. That resulted in an X-ray, followed by a trip to the local hospital for (more…)