Why does this make me think of the current status of the evangelical church in the U.S. and the Spirit?
Is that it?
For the majority of the years I labored under the Christian banner my “walk” was constantly plagued by the nagging question “Is that it?” Is this all there is to this thing? Doesn’t it get any better? What’s all the hoopla about? Being the good little Christian, however, I never voiced my rising concern. I […]
Visitor
Yesterday morning I was having a get together with a couple of guys. It was intense. It was good. It was holy. Last night at supper my wife asked me, “Who was that guy in there with you this morning?” She’d come to the office with me and was working in the back. We guys […]
Shir Hash-shirim
Kiss me—full on the mouth! Yes! For your love is better than wine, headier than your aromatic oils. The syllables of your name murmur like a meadow brook. No wonder everyone loves to say your name! Wow! That’s almost embarrassing. Imagine stumbling on two lovers fully consumed with the presence of the other. You’d feel […]
Praise: the real joy bus
Worship is the vehicle that carries you into the heavenly realms. Praise doesn’t do that. It isn’t the end, it is the beginning, the “process” of entering in. One way to describe the difference is to use Palm Sunday when Jesus came to town. Had I been there, before he came, but knowing he was […]