What does it mean to cling to God? Perhaps my experience in a church nursery gives a good visual. I was volunteering one Sunday when a young couple came to check in their toddler for the first time. The father signed the child into our program while the mother prepared to hand her to one… [ read more ]
Posts Tagged: worship
You are Held in God’s Hands
Living in a marina gives me opportunity to experience many new things. One of those is watching a sling lift boats of all shapes and sizes from the river. This happens every day as boats needing repairs show up at the boatyard. I stand in awe every time I watch the sling do its… [ read more ]
Dependent Like a Baby
Our family has grown by two in the past month—a granddaughter and a grandson born only nineteen days apart. I haven’t been able to meet my granddaughter yet; I’m hoping that will happen in July. I have, however, been blessed to be living in the same household as my new grandbaby boy. Josh is… [ read more ]
5 Ways to Find Calm in Crisis
I receive several emails every day from people in crisis. Circumstances vary, of course, and so does severity, but the crises fall into categories: illness—their own or a loved one’s, spousal betrayal, a child’s struggle with addictions, a breakdown in family relationships, job layoffs, losses from a natural disaster, and more. Isolation is a big… [ read more ]
How Big is God?
This week’s travels allowed me to see bits and pieces of the earth on which we live—the snow-capped Rockies and the towering Alps, the Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, lush forests, barren islands, and the grand finale—a sunset that painted the clouds pink as my plane descended through them and landed on Middle Eastern… [ read more ]
Worship with a Kiss
I know, I know…Christmas proper has come and gone. Still, it’s nice to linger a little longer. Why rush the season away, right? I recently read the lyrics from a carol titled, “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti. Angels and archangels may have gathered there, Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; But… [ read more ]
Holidays and Hurtful Family Relationships
American Thanksgiving weekend has arrived, and Christmas is on the way. Holidays draw families together—at least in the physical sense. But sometimes they become an emotional testing ground. This is nothing new. Recall Hannah’s situation. She shared her husband with a second wife, Peninnah. As though that wasn’t enough to create family tension, her… [ read more ]
Living a Life of Worship
Give to the LORD the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come to worship him. (NLT) Years ago I cleaned other people’s homes two days per week. Doing mundane tasks like vacuuming and scrubbing toilets brought me joy when I made them an act of worship. How did I do that, you ask?… [ read more ]
Why Praise is Like an Oxygen Mask
I travel often by airplane. On every trip I hear the same message: “In the event of an emergency, an oxygen mask will drop down before you. Put it over your nose and pull the elastic strap around the back of your head and then tighten. Oxygen will then flow.” Today I’m donning my… [ read more ]
Exercise—An Unusual Form of Worship
Something inside me resists when I hear a musician on stage on Sunday morning say, “Let’s do our worship time now.” As much as I love corporate praise through music, I feel that worship isn’t something we compartmentalize for 20 minutes on Sunday morning. Rather, it’s a lifestyle and it influences everything we do…. [ read more ]
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