It was an exciting day in May 1998, as I gathered with family for my brother’s graduation from Asbury Theological Seminary. As we opened the service, the congregation, students, and platform dignitaries rose to sing a powerful Charles Wesley hymn,
(Last month we focused on Worship in our Guide devotions. Over the next two months, I want to share some of my favorite hymns (August) and my favorite contemporary songs (September) as our weekly focus for The Guide.) Paul writes
The Christmas celebration invites us to proclaim the promised Messiah and the amazing beauty of Jesus’ birth. Each year as we begin our preparation in Advent, I enjoy the songs we sing that are limited to a certain season. Though,
Our experience of worship is often measured in how it makes us feel, whether songs we enjoy are sung, or the preacher’s message gives us a sense of being heard, understood, and maybe even validated. Few, if any people, enter
The search for peace and quiet in a loud and busy world causes people to look in many places in hopes of finding a semblance of what they desire. The constant noise from outside and from within makes escape seem
Our hands are powerful. They can bring comfort to a wounded person, while they can also be tools of anger, evil, and violence. Our hands serve a purpose to construct havens of rest, and to provide the surgical work to
In my travels, I have the blessing of joining many congregations in their Sunday morning worship experiences. I have participated in traditional, liturgical worship experiences; contemporary worship experiences with talented worship teams; and a blend of both guitars and drums
My family and I are visiting Wichita, Kansas where our son, Elijah lives. For a few weeks prior to our departure, our van kept acting up with an intermittent shudder. I had some processes I could undertake to stop the
In September 2024, I traveled to Malawi, Africa to grow our ministry partnership with Jesus Power Ministries and Bishop John Chirwa. In my first trip in 2023, I was introduced to a few villages, and the amazing ministry God is