Intersections

Interesting preferences …

From time to time our family ventures out for a meal. The waitstaff ventures by and asks for our drink orders. Tommie generally orders water. She does not order water because she has to but she wants to. Now growing up if we went out to dinner and were … Continue reading

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Pedestrians no longer have the right of way . . .

Strolling through DFW airport this morning led to a discovery. Walking passengers do not have the right of way. Looking for the gate where my flight would depart left me angling down the long corridor. Soon I heard, ?You have a cart behind you, car behind you.? I turned … Continue reading

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Confusing Celebration and Worship …

Corportate worship, or worship together, often connotes what happens in a given “event” meeting at a local church on Sundays. Interestingly the two Hebrew words and the two Greek words describe posture and action – bowing down and serving. Could we have confused the “event” and missed the “incarnation” … Continue reading

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Lifting weights and following Jesus …

“I need a workout partner. Lifting weights alone is not only dangerous, but it is no fun either.” I remember these words about 8 years ago. I met Steve after Tracy worshipped with us one July Sunday. Never thinking we’d show up, Steve expressed surprise as we leaned on … Continue reading

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Inadequate exposition of the Kingdom of God …

I am reading a new book – not that I have finished my other new books I have been reading. Darrell Guder wrote, “The Continuing Conversion of the Church.” In the preface he makes the following statement,

However, it became clear to me (and many others) that … Continue reading

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