Justifying Redeemer

Do you remember just how weird you used to be back in the day?  Now, before you answer, I should probably put a restriction on how you answer. I don't want to have to hear confession after this.

Prevenient Creation

Every once in a while I’ll go down a rabbit hole on YouTube. I enjoy watching people make stuff out of wood. For some reason, I really enjoy watching them make bowls, kind of like the one in the video below.

Poured Out For You

I remember when I was a kid.  I knew exactly what my home church looked like.  I should. I spent enough time there that I knew just about every nook and cranny that a kid could get into.  I even knew how to jimmy the lock on the toy closet in the nursery so that we could get the toys out!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

There are some things that have been around long enough that we don’t have to think about them anymore.  As we grow up, we just know what they mean, even though no one has maybe ever told us that.

He Was Recognized

In the last week, I’ve gotten to go out on a couple of trails to go hiking.  If there is something that I wish I could do more of, that’s it.  There’s something about being out on the trail that is peaceful, and open. 

Jesus is Love

We hear it said that Jesus is Love?  Why is that?  Why is that something that should be important for us to know?

Jesus is Our Savior - Palm Sunday Post

I think I’ve said this before, as a part of my own story of how I got to be a pastor, that at one point in time I was going to go to Med School and be a doctor. 

Jesus is the Example

Do you remember what tracing paper is?  I ask that because it’s not a super common thing anymore.  

There are times when I think that made life easier.  You could “draw” something fairly easily with it. That made it great for people like me who have limited drawing abilities. 

Starting a Website 2 - Theme and Design

image from https://pixabay.com/photo-3374825/

In the first post on this series I talked briefly about the theme and design of your website.  Those were important there, so that you could start thinking about them when you were starting to look at the services you would use to host your website.  This post will go more in depth to the things you want to look at for your website, and the things that are important to consider when you are building it.

In the Stacks

Image by Thanks. All my pics are free! from Pixabay

"Seriously," the man said to himself, "how did people ever used to do this on a regular basis."

Jesus is Everything

Have you ever thought that you had nothing left?  Like really nothing left at all.  What does that feel like? I know it’s a mild way of saying this, but that’s a difficult place to be in.  I’ve had that experience and I know what that "difficult" place is like.

Jesus is the Answer

Have any of you ever given the “expected” answer?  That’s the one that you don’t necessarily know what the answer is, but you know what you’re “expected” to say?

Jesus is My Friend

How do you make friends?  Stop and think about that for a second.  All of us do it a little differently.  For example, I don't make friends as much as I get adopted by extroverts.