GodReflection: Power Words Some dear friends of mine just lost their son in a highly dramatic and unexpected manner. The father spoke of a hole too raw,…… Read more “There’s a Hole in My Soul”
Tag: grace
I Want to Restore the Right Goal
GodReflection: Power Words I belong to a group of churches generated by North America’s Second Great Awakening in the 1800s. The goal was to restore New Testament…… Read more “I Want to Restore the Right Goal”
I Don’t Kneel with Arthritis
GodReflection: Power Words Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. – Psalms 95:6 My macho culture taught me as…… Read more “I Don’t Kneel with Arthritis”
There’s Power in the Cup
GodReflection: Power Words The cup—let me reminisce as I begin. There use to be something communal about a cup. The tin cup hung from the handle of…… Read more “There’s Power in the Cup”
I Can’t Live Up To Jesus’ Standard
GodReflection: Power Words It’s the gold standard. The idea that underpinned the gold standard was a worldwide agreement on the price of gold and the agreement of…… Read more “I Can’t Live Up To Jesus’ Standard”
I Scream Inside for the Simple
GodReflection: Power Words I am tired with complexity. I want simple to be a word of power in my life. There was a time I could turn…… Read more “I Scream Inside for the Simple”
I Can’t Kiss a Frog
GodReflection: Power Words Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” In the fairy…… Read more “I Can’t Kiss a Frog”
I Want My Label to Define Me
GodReflection: Power Words Cute, fussy, smart, introvert, or extrovert, labels begin their sticky adherence in the nursery. Labels continue in Elementary School to highlight desired and undesired…… Read more “I Want My Label to Define Me”
More than Sunday
GodReflection: Power Words Sunday wasn’t a first century holiday. Slaves worked fields and served in homes of their owners. I suspect merchants went about business as if…… Read more “More than Sunday”
Meek Gets a Bad Rap
GodReflection: Power Words Meek gets a bad rap in the English language. When I checked with Sister Merriam and Brother Webster I saw ‘meek’ defined both as…… Read more “Meek Gets a Bad Rap”
Jesus is Complete . . . Full of Grace and Truth
GodReflection: Power Words I am a top off the tank sort of guy. The way I figure it the extra four or five squirts of gasoline I…… Read more “Jesus is Complete . . . Full of Grace and Truth”
There is Way Too Much Change
GodReflection: Power Words “I the Lord do not change” – God (Malachi 3:6) It seems rather crazy to think of changeless as a power word in the…… Read more “There is Way Too Much Change”
I Want to Know the Way
GodReflection: Power Words My Grandpa believed in the compass mounted on the dashboard of his car. Never did he seem to be lost. We were often on…… Read more “I Want to Know the Way”
Do You Have an Idea What Alive Means?
GodReflection: Power Words I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death…… Read more “Do You Have an Idea What Alive Means?”
Together We are Able to Handle Flat Tires
GodReflection: Power Words Have you ever noticed the difficulty of life navigation? To say that life is hard deserves a chapter in the book World’s Greatest Understatements.…… Read more “Together We are Able to Handle Flat Tires”
Jesus and Jigsaw Puzzles
GodReflection: Power Words I have neither the patience nor the visionary spacial skills to do jigsaw puzzles. Sure, as a little blond hair lad I handled a…… Read more “Jesus and Jigsaw Puzzles”
Deep and Wide Blood
GodReflection: Power Words “. . . because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and…… Read more “Deep and Wide Blood”
Scripture is God’s Gift to Me
GodReflection: Power Words . . .the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. . .All Scripture is God-breathed…… Read more “Scripture is God’s Gift to Me”
Living with the Above
GodReflection: Power Words Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.…… Read more “Living with the Above”
The Thorn Dance
GodReflection: Power Words I was all too familiar with thorns as a kid growing up in a desert town of New Mexico. Thorns met their match in…… Read more “The Thorn Dance”
Can Creed be a Power Word?
GodReflection: Power Words A creed is a formal statement of belief. Most all churches who tie their heritage to the Protest Reformation have a written creed. Those…… Read more “Can Creed be a Power Word?”
Sandblasting Church
GodReflection: Power Words Church is an enigma to me. I understand church as Christ body. The church is the bride of Jesus. He loved the church to…… Read more “Sandblasting Church”
The Book
GodReflection: Power Words Last year I published a book. I was the author. I went to great lengths to make it a quality work. To my complete…… Read more “The Book”
The Power of Agreement
GodReflection: Power Words When I declared: “I’m in” and surfaced from baptismal waters to walk with Jesus we made an agreement. My guess is it is more…… Read more “The Power of Agreement”
I’m Special
GodReflection: Power Words The plates on our table were rather common. The china was different. It was a special set. It spent most of its life in…… Read more “I’m Special”
Fight Satan not People
GodReflection: Power Words Fight may be the most aggressive power word I’ve used in this blog series. Fight must be a post Eden gene. Jesus never tells…… Read more “Fight Satan not People”
Rest Becomes a Power Word
GodReflection: Power Words I remain enamored with the newborn baby that rests so peacefully on the row in front of us at church. She is so symbolic…… Read more “Rest Becomes a Power Word”
My Identity Transcends Resurrection
GodReflection: Power Words I don’t recall God precisely speaking to this in Scripture. Maybe it is so obvious there is no need. It could be every page…… Read more “My Identity Transcends Resurrection”
Risen – Raised – Risen
GodReflection: Power Words “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.” – Angel “Just as Christ was raised…… Read more “Risen – Raised – Risen”
Easter Worship
GodReflection: Power Words Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord . . .For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so…… Read more “Easter Worship”
The Power of the Crucifixion
GodReflection: Power Words The New Testament writers tell the story of Jesus through two opposite points of view. One point of view is through the eyes of…… Read more “The Power of the Crucifixion”
Is it Bible or is it Read?
GodReflection: Power Words I call these “aha moments.” It was years ago. I was in the presence of Sebastian the leper. Blind in one eye the disease…… Read more “Is it Bible or is it Read?”
The Foundation Matters
GodReflection: Power Words My dad built houses and church buildings. I still remember watching the construction crews dig deep to pour the concrete foundation. In the rocky…… Read more “The Foundation Matters”
Is Confession Good?
GodReflection: Power Words In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.…… Read more “Is Confession Good?”
Starved for Substance
GodReflection: Power Words I attend a peculiar church. I hasten to add that all churches are odd. Church is not odd because we are the body of…… Read more “Starved for Substance”
Motivated by Cross Power
GodReflection: Power Words I thank God that I live in a time and in a place where the cross isn’t a means of execution. I am among…… Read more “Motivated by Cross Power”
Conscience Power
GodReflection: Power Words He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God…… Read more “Conscience Power”
My Secret Key
GodReflection: Power Words God creates—he never makes copies. At birth, God gave me a secret key. It is one of a kind. It only opens one lock.…… Read more “My Secret Key”
King Beats Democracy
GodReflection: Power Words The theory of living in a democracy is that we rule ourselves through our vote. Growing up American I don’t need a king. There…… Read more “King Beats Democracy”
Compassion Needs to be a Power Word
GodReflection: Power Words On Moses second trip up the mountain with a new set of stone tablets, he encounters God standing beside him in a cloud. Scriptures…… Read more “Compassion Needs to be a Power Word”
Forever is Forever
GodReflection: Power Words “The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed . . . It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them…… Read more “Forever is Forever”
Beyond a Checklist
GodReflection: Power Words I am a product of my culture. I live by a checklist. My checklist habit reached new heights with my first fulltime employment. There…… Read more “Beyond a Checklist”
Buried Generates Power
GodReflection: Power Words There is an unquestionable finality to death. To bury a child, a parent, or a pet makes the reality of death final. Not even…… Read more “Buried Generates Power”
God’s Authority Turns Into Love
GodReflection: Power Words Last year I racked up two tickets for moving violations. That’s a nice way of saying Mr. Policeman caught me speeding—at least that’s what…… Read more “God’s Authority Turns Into Love”
Among
GodReflection: Power Words For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I…… Read more “Among”
The Truth is He not What
GodReflection: Power Words “In human life the truth is something foreign, something unusual, something exceptional. Whenever the truth is spoken somewhere, it is as if something quite…… Read more “The Truth is He not What”
Obedience is Powered by the Spring
GodReflection: Power Words The Texas Motor Speedway announced its plan to build the world’s largest HD screen. It will be so big that it needs a name…… Read more “Obedience is Powered by the Spring”
Mystery Is Power
GodReflection: Power Words I don’t remember mystery being a word used by my childhood church. I grew up with a faith I could touch, see, and smell.…… Read more “Mystery Is Power”
Take the Risk
GodReflection: Power Words “Take Risks” was the screen saver that rotated across my computer monitor over the years I served as the Executive Director of Great Cities…… Read more “Take the Risk”
There’s Power in the Yoke
GodReflection: Power Words I lived on a farm for two years. That didn’t make me a farmer. Truth is my farming experience is zilch. I left the…… Read more “There’s Power in the Yoke”
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