The song says it well: “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.” The quotation is from Psalm 118:24. We recite the verse in unison each Sunday as we begin worship at the Park Plaza church. A travel ad from a couple of years ago, an …
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When God Calls….
It is not easy to hear the call of God. Think about God’s way with Elijah (1 Kings 19). God is not where we think he is. He does not call us in the ways we imagine or expect or to the places we expect. When God calls us, he calls us to his work, …
Meeting God in the morning
Mornings have been special to me for the last 20 years. When we emptied our nest, we quit setting an alarm clock. Now the natural rhythms of life put us to bed and awaken us, and God thoughts are almost always a part of that rhythm. Of course, there are exceptional situations during special events …
It’s Sunday Again: God among his people
One lesson to be derived from the letters to the churches in Revelation 2-3 is that God walks among his people, even in the midst of the persecutions, challenges, and failures of this world. Living in this fallen world, we easily forget that God is among us. One reason we assemble is to share our …
God’s Timing
God’s ways are not our ways, God’s thoughts not our thoughts, God’s timing not our timing. I was scheduled to fly to Honduras today. When I got to the check-in counter a few minutes before 5 AM this morning the agent told me there was no way to get from Tulsa to Tegucigalpa today due …
The Simple Life–Little Things
As I grow older I appreciate more and more the importance of these words: Keep Life Simple. I have had the freedom through much of my life to select my priorities and to live life pretty much on my own schedule–both during my years in ministry and later in the university. Now in my role …
Ten Things to Keep in Mind in 2013
The items I mention in today’s blog are easy for me to remember. They provide a checklist to keep life on track: 1+3+3+3=10. Perhaps you will also find them helpful. Keep God at the center of life: seek His will, live out His purpose in my life Make time for God Make time for family …
A Good Day
I often evaluate the days of my life with the phrase, “It was a good day.” Yesterday was a good day. What makes a good day? Each day is different, unique, with new challenges and new opportunities. The newness of each day reflects God’s creative genius as we experience the world; newness also describes the …
Galatians 5-6: Is Anything Different?
Christians who have experienced the new birth and new creation in Christ Jesus must not hesitate to ask, “What is different?” The Christian life is not lived in legalism. Nor is the Christian life license. The Christian life is understood through the liberty of healthy, loving relationship. With a new creation (or re-creation) and all …
Saturday “Newness”
My word for today: New! Life is new today! Each day is a new gift from God, a day never before seen or experienced, with new opportunities, new challenges, new abundance, and new evidences of God’s presence and power. Today life is new because Jan and I are in our new house in Tulsa. Our …