It’s Sunday Again: For Spiritual Growth in 2022–Live Intentionally!

The text for today comes from Philippians 3:7-16. This extended reading is usually divided into two sections: 7-11, 12-16.  Three goals are suggested by the passage. What will it take in 2022 for me to grow spiritually?  What should I pay closest attention to?  In the passage, I see three commitments, three goals to guide …

Sunday’s Coming: How to Develop Your Spiritual Vision

How is your spiritual vision?  When 2020 came, many church bulletin articles focused on developing a 20/20 spiritual vision.  Now another year has come and gone–2021 is history and 2022 has begun. We must think carefully about 2022 — think about our spiritual vision, our spiritual growth and development in 2022. In 2021, we did …

Southeast Oklahoma New Year’s Area-Wide Worship

The first Sunday of 2014! A group of churches in southeastern Oklahoma will gather in one assembly this morning. Some of the congregations will have cancelled services at their locations to participate. These churches began this custom in 2000 with Y2K. This will be #15! I have been invited to preach at the assembly today. …

New Year’s Resolution: Unconditional Love

For today, wisdom from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: “The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others, but ourselves as well.” In all of our Christian talk about agape love, have we missed one of the essential elements? Have we overlooked the importance of loving ourselves with the kind …