Essential Worship – A Worship Map
Paper maps have become antiques in this GPS-driven age. I remember getting out the Road Atlas to plan the route of our next adventure. Now, I pull up some mapping…
Year: 2026
Proverbs – Anxiety
Raise your hand if you’ve experienced this proverb. “Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.” (Proverbs 12:25, CSB) We all have our…
Essential Worship – Sprirt and Truth
Disagreements over worship are nothing new. Jesus encountered it several times. The fourth chapter of John is Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well. Part of that conversation…
Proverbs – Gotta Love Correction
In the moment, no one loves discipline or being corrected. It stings. It is humiliating. It causes us to become defensive. As we grow up, we reach a point where…
Essential Worship – Fresh Wind
There is a natural tension in the type of songs we prefer to sing. Some prefer the classic hymns of past saints, while others prefer new songs with a modern…
Proverbs – The Wisdom of Kindness
We often weigh kindness in terms of its benefit to others. And it does. With every act of kindness we give up a little bit of ourselves. The few extra…
Essential Worship – Heart Posture
Often, without thinking, we absorb the body language, posture, and tone of someone speaking, along with their words. For instance, two people both say “I promise.” One is looking square…
Proverbs – The Gold Ring
Wisdom has a sense of humor. Many of the proverbs in the Old Testament have a humorous twist to point out something so ridiculous as to be laughable. Today’s proverb…
Essential Worship – Words of Worship Part 2
In our last article, we began talking about the seven Hebrew words for praise and worship in the Old Testament. We covered Halal – praise. Shabach – shout. And Yadah…
Proverbs – Secrets
We all have secrets. Some are regrets from our past that we’d rather not reveal. Other secrets are about someone else. And, perhaps, we know something about someone that they…
Esssential Worship – Words of Worship
In Old Testament Hebrew, there are seven words used to describe worship. These words are, in essence, modes of worship. They define certain aspects of worship and remind us that…
Proverbs – Worthless Wealth
It has recently been reported that Elon Musk could pass the trillion-dollar mark in personal wealth. In part due to an incentivized pay package from Tesla should the company meet…