Our amazing daughter turned 20 today. Kristina brings light, hope, joy, and wisdom. The light of Christ revealed in a young woman. So much love for her mother and her father. Happy Birthday to my baby girl…
How To Be A Christian Without Being A Jerk
Faith in real life
psalm 150
psalm 150
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heaven!
2 Praise him for his mighty works;
praise his unequaled greatness!
3 Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;
praise him with the lyre and harp!
4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flutes!
5 Praise him with a clash of cymbals;
praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
6 Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
The last psalm puts an exclamation point on a key insight about God. He likes it loud.
psalm 149:1
We can expect songs written by Christians and sung by Christians to be new. Every generation will sing a new song because the Holy Spirit doesn’t decide to take a break.
z is for zoo
Zoo- Cows, sheep, camels, a donkey and doves. That’s my manger scene. Actually the Bible doesn’t mention any animals being there. I don’t care. He is their Savior, too (Isaiah 11:6), so I will keep them.
Y is for Yule log
Yule log- No fireplaces allowed in new homes in LA. Lucky we have an old house with a fireplace where a yule log will be burning Christmas Eve. I’ll ride my bike to work for a couple of days to offset.
Have a blessed Christmas!
psalm148:9
All of creation praises the LORD, according to this psalm. It seems that the spiritual connections of the natural world are not so far fetched after all. Who knew the Bible could be so “hip?”
X is for X-mas
X-mas- Breaking through the space/ time continuum and bringing hope in a universe declining in entropy, Christ will come again and make all things new. Deserves a bit more than an “X,” don’t you think?
psalm 147:5
The existence of God is not a neutral topic. So much of what passes for knowledge in the Western Enlightenment mindset for the last 200 years, that permeates the university and the public square, requires disbelief or silence on the existence of God, or else what is being held as the truth by the “lords of knowledge” is wrong.
psalm 146:9
We want to find ourselves caring for those God protects. The foreigner in our midst and others who are most vulnerable. How we do this is, of course, the great debate of our political era. “If” we do it is not in question.
W is for Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus- “Good King Wenceslaus” is one my favorite Christmas carols though it has nothing to do with Christmas. This influential King of Bohemia has a great story. Look it up online. I like the song because it is only one of two Christmas songs I can plink on the piano with one finger…
