“God’s faithfulness doesn’t always announce itself,” Rebekah Lyons reminds us. “Sometimes you have to get quiet enough to trace the fingerprints.” Might be a great moment to review yesterday’s version of my humble blog….

Remember what Harvey MacKay told us yesterday here? If not, it’s easy to do a a quick review. And now this — Sometimes you just need to breathe, let go, and remind yourself that this very moment is enough. — Take a deep breath of Psalm 46:10. And remember to exhale.

Harvey MacKay pulled no punches in his seminars and books. For example, from a recent ad that came my way — “You don’t need another course or book. You need to take action.” — Take a big gulp of what he says, swish it around and savor the flavor. Now let’s get busy doing what…

“Modern life is about finding answers,” writes Arthur C. Brooks in his latest book, “not about asking questions.” What say you?

With gratitude to friend and colleague Karen Oplt for sourcing this John Wesley quote — But it is not part of my design, to save either learned or unlearned men from the trouble of thinking. On the contrary, my intention is, to make them think, and assist them in thinking. This is the way to…

Almighty God, you rule all the peoples of the earth.Inspire the minds of all women and men to whom you have committedthe responsibility of government and leadershipin the nations of the world. Give to them the vision of truth and justice,that by their counsel all nations and peoples may work together.Give to the people of…

Leonard Sweet, wow —- As America marks 250 years of independence this Fourth of July, I celebrate as a patriot, not a Christian nationalist. Jesus is not the chaplain for any political party. He is not the exclusive property of any nation. Neither left nor right holds a patent on the Messiah. He doesn’t join…

The congregation is not the audience. We used to know that. We used to teach that. We used to model that. Now, we sometimes need to be reminded, like this from Worship Leader — For generations, the Church understood something we’ve sometimes forgotten: The people in the seats are not spectators. They are participants. Worship…

— from The Time Records, 5.26.26 —  ·  Twenty-four hours before she died of cancer at just twenty-seven years old, Holly Butcher sat down and wrote a message to the world. Not about fear. Not about anger. Not even about dying. She wrote about living. Holly was a young woman from Grafton, Australia, with dreams…

Some of us need reminding of an observation made by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Age is opportunity no lessThan youth though in another dress. — So I just now reminded us.