So, have you ever had someone point out your flaws and mistakes and say in a very cynical voice, “And you call yourself a Christian?” It happens to Christians all the time. I know I’ve experienced it more than once. … Read the rest
Could you pass the salt, please? I’m gonna serve up some tasty tidbits from the previous week…plus a few extras. In the Words and Music Podcast, Episode 94, I talk about: How the salt of the earth is losing its flavor … Read the rest
If you were God, and you could speak words to create the sun, moon, and stars, how many days do you think it would take you to create the whole universe? I don’t mean just the blueprint. Or mind mapping. … Read the rest
Is it just me? Or have you noticed how dark, dreary, and ominous things have gotten? Even here in America where the light of truth once shone brightest…everything is going dark. Movies, music, billboards, the internet…all filled with shadowed images … Read the rest
Yeah, life these days is challenging from every corner. It’s frustrating to see so much hurt, hopelessness, and inhumanity. It’s tempting to simply gripe, complain, and yell at the world. But don’t those things just add to the problems? How … Read the rest
It doesn’t matter if you have a voice like Bocelli or you think your singin’s smelly…you should sing out loud, today, and be glad you’re alive. You exist. You are somebody. There’s no one else quite like you in the … Read the rest
“It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” What is the “it” that sentence is talking about? Salt. “Salt of the earth” to be more precise. It’s a metaphor for Christians and … Read the rest
In this episode of the Words and Music podcast I talk about joy peace, fear, time, hypocrisy, and the measles. Yep, you read that right. It all makes more sense when you read (or listen to) these stories… No joy in … Read the rest
Fear IS an option. Of course it is. If fear wasn’t an option, to be fearless would be sort of a moot point wouldn’t it. After all, if you didn’t have the option to fear, no one would fear. Then … Read the rest
You’re about to see something very cool. A video that only takes 90 seconds to watch. But it captures an enormous amount of joy that developed in nine months. It’s a time-lapse video, and you can tell the creators of … Read the rest
