Sovereign Lord , you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord , have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will […]
Read More Sam’s 2nd Epic 07 – House Building: David’s Delightful Divine DialogueBut be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.” (1 Samuel 12:24-25 NIV) It must have been a very emotional occasion. Samuel wasn’t dying. One of the […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 12 – Samuel’s Warning… Out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. This journey was not my idea. It was my heart’s deepest desire, but years of mental slavery made it a pipe dream. Those years of slavery in the land that looked to define me in its pomp and power almost crushed any sense of hope. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FreedomWith the series on Exodus Extracts ending recently, it was interesting to come across this. Fascinating insight into worship and work. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Worship and Work (Dwight Gibson)Over in 1 Kings 18, the prophets of Baal knew how to make a loud sounds and kick up a fuss. Their traditional altar activities made sense to them and as the prevailing religion in at least two countries there was no reason to believe their previous rituals wouldn’t be successful or appealing in these […]
Read More NoiseHeads up. This is not the deep, meaningful blog entry you might be looking for from the title. Today I had planned to attend a concert at a church facility with a few friends of mine. The concept of the event was encouraging intimacy in worship. Unfortunately I damaged my left wrist and right thumb […]
Read More Coping With DisappointmentA number of people I know and indeed love enjoy eating cheese. Notice. I still love them. That’s truly amazing, because I don’t like cheese. At all. In fact I’ve been known to say I despise the stuff. So to still love those who enjoy something I hate is testament to the mercy and grace […]
Read More AppetiteThe thing is it is so silly. We made it in the first place. We harnessed materials and resources. We put them to innovative and creative use. We said they were going to make our lives better. We even saw merit in them initially, they had use and served a purpose. Then it got weird. […]
Read More Who Is Serving Who?Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is […]
Read More Genesis: 8 – The Sweet Aroma of ThanksgivingSinging is such a delightful activity. Hearing harmonies and melodies bellow from the hearts and souls of people remains the most spine tingling experience yet. Yesterday I raved about my brother’s singing and musical proficiency and admittedly at times I’ve used him as the standard of quality and felt I was way short of that. […]
Read More Ten Songs Of Praise and Adoration I Love To Hear And Sing
