My Wife is a Minister of the Word

My wife is a minister of the Word.  What I mean by that is that she is a proclaimer of the Gospel.  She works part-time as a labour and delivery nurse at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, but it is more than a job for her, it is a vocation. A vocation is a calling. It …

How to Write a Worship Song

The guys at Blimey Cow have this for all the future songwriters out there.

Jesus: Head and Foot

Jesus: Head and Foot. What do we do when stories from different parts of the Bible don't agree?

Joy and Purpose

Three thoughts on Joy and Purpose: “This is the true joy in life, being used for a purposed recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am …

Worship is Beyond Words

Worship is a profound topic worthy of deep and humble reflection which is why I am always skeptical of people who have simple answers to contemporary worship issues. Worship is grounded in the profound notion that God is completely other.  He is not in any way part of His own creation nor is he obligated …

Beginnings and New Beginnings

Guest post by Julie: I love the song, In Christ Alone. From the time I first heard it at the ACU lectures it has been one of my favourites and I can barely get through it without choking up. The last verse has special meaning for me No guilt in life, no fear in death- …

Our Weekly Meal Together

This Sunday we are talking about Mark 14: 22-31 where Jesus institutes what we call 'The Lord's Supper.' or the observance of Communion. In my church tradition, we observe this symbolic feast each week. This wasn't just any meal that Jesus was eating when he did this but was actually the Passover meal that Orthodox …

Worship Rant~!

Arrrgh!  I gotta get this off my chest. There are 260 chapters in the whole New Testament and guess how many have to do with instructions or discussion of orderly worship practices? Parts of two. Why is it that there is so much ink spilled about worship and church organization when the New Testament spends …

An Apocalypse According To The Walker Boys

I haven't been writing much lately.  (hope to put some stuff up this week).  Here is something I did for worship this am. We were talking about Mark 13 and Jesus' Apocalypse.  An Apocalypse is an 'unveiling' of what you think the world will be like in the end.  It reveals a great deal about …

Merry Christmas ;)

We are told that Christmas has become a delirium of gift making, that people hate its approach and are glad when it is over. Elmina Atkinson, 1905 Don't get me wrong; I'm all for Christmas. I enjoy giving gifts and watching my four boys sharing in family traditions: some old and some new. Likewise, I …