Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. — Psalm 4:4 Woulda Coulda Shoulda   Should Could Would …Shall?

Our own former Bishop Sharon A. Brown Christopher frequently invites people to “join the rest of us in the posture of prayer.” Seth Godin writes of living with “the posture of possibility.” Weave those together and it starts to look like this — “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this…

“I’m a Calvinist and Reformed,” writes Presbyterian Steve Brown, “and we Calvinists do things ‘decently and in order.’ We don’t speak in tongues, tell jokes, or dance. But if we do, we don’t do any of that very well. “We believe that if you get the facts right, then it’s enough. It’s not. It’s not…

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4) My mom was born on this date in 1912, and lived every one of her 105 years to their fullest, no matter how much effort it took. Among her many observations and pieces of advice, the one that she continued saying the…

Kirk Franklin shares this classic story — There are enough lessons in there for a long time. And most start with this reality: Train up a child in the way they should go: and when they are old, they will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6 Sure is true for me (and yup, I’m…

“Pray. Don’t pry.”

Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. God always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching. That’s Hebrews 10:22-25 in The Message…

Encourage one another and build each other up, says 1st Thessalonians 5:11. “What are the words you would most like to hear?” That’s what John Maxwell asks every person with whom he shares a meal, says my friend “CathyO.” Link those two together and we have an assignment. So who will you encourage and build up once…

“What are the words you would most like to hear?” Cathy Obernuefemann pointed us to that question here yesterday. It’s a good one, originally from John Maxwell. Did you arrive at an answer? Maybe there’s someone in your life who needs to hear that same kind of thing….  

Cathy Obernuefemann shared this, and thank her letting me cite it here — The question Dr. John Maxwell asks everyone he has a meal with: “What are the words you would most like to hear?” — I love that, don’t you? Take a moment, right now, and answer this for yourself: “What are the words…