Hey, gang! I have been leading worship for many, many moons, and have been a worship pastor for nearly a decade now—so studying the concept of worship, facilitating congregational worship, investing into other worshipers, keeping up with musical
Happy 2018! Many of you are familiar with Jesus’ story about the talents in Matthew 25 and Luke 19: an extremely wealthy landowner went on a journey and assigned his financial management (talents) to three of his trusted servants. To one
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2).
I don’t remember where I read that statement, but it’s true. Progress isn’t always visible. You, my friend, have made progress. You have come farther than you think, and you don’t react to life the same way you used to.
When I was in seventh grade, I was part of a group project that required a small bit of paper construction. One of the girls in my group was supposed to bring scissors from home that we could use, but she had forgotten to bring them, so we