“It’s time to tighten things up.” “Show me a new budget with only the needs, not the wants.” “How can we save money on technology this year?” If I were to poll, I wonder how many of you working in churches have been hearing questions and statements like the ones ...
That was one of many songs I was blessed to hear at Rock the Desert this week. And that's been a phrase that has summed up my life recently. Things have been going busily and rapidly. And it feels like a blink. But, in the grand scheme of things, ...
Today is the happiest, saddest day. Happy, because it is the release day of The David Crowder Band's last ever album (or at least last for now...) Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in the key of C [The happiest of all keys]). Sad, for the same reason. Over ...
It is a noisy world. Photo Credit: michale via Compfight cc So many sensory inputs. Text messages to read, social networks to follow, email, radio, T.V., movies, blogs, podcasts, books, eBooks, audio books. The list can go on and on. So muc ...
The Walk of Healing The road You have taken me on has led Down into the valley of the shadow Where I feared much evil, but found none, Save what I truly thought about myself. I have climbed the mountain of pain To the precipice of despair, Death awaiting, ...
Dusty Rayburn relates that Amos isn’t often listed alongside the giants of faith, but when tested, he stood firmly and proclaimed: "Now then, hear the word of the Lord." ...
Thought you all would enjoy this article. October 5, 2012 Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. By ANDREW McCARTHY “HOW much for your fastest camel?” I asked the tall man with the large turban and the drooping mustache. Abdrahman smiled at me. “Come,” he said, and hurried off beh ...