Days 20 and 21 were grace days so I just finished reading the first part of the Gospel of John for day 22.  I know I sound like a broken record but I was blown away by reading John.  The passion of Jesus is clearly seen in the first 10 chapters.  Here’s a verse that jumped out at me early [...]

While it’s certainly cold outside, there are currently no weather related problems that would stop us from having a service tomorrow.  The forecast calls for a 10% chance of some snow overnight but I doubt this is going to happen because the weather folks always lie about snow to us Georgians.  (You know that’s true.)  Right now, the plan is [...]

Well, it’s crunch time on the NT28 reading plan and I’m working hard to end on time this weekend.  I just finished reading the stuff for day 19 and, as usual, I loved it.  I especially loved reading 1 Timothy again.  That book always speaks to me. When I first felt called into ministry, God really used 1 Timothy to [...]

I just finished reading Colossians and Hebrews and I don’t mind tell you that Hebrews seriously pumped me up.  I love reading all about faith in chapter 11.  That list of folks and what they did by faith always encourages and challenges me! The three words that kept jumping out to me in Hebrews were careful, honor and faith.  He [...]

Those of you that follow me on twitter know that I’m currently in Vegas.  You might be wondering why I’m here.  Well, there’s a Star Trek convention in town and I’m hoping to becoming fluent in Klingon.  :)  Actually, I’m here meeting with a group of amazing pastors from all over the country.  We’ve decided to start meeting quarterly to [...]

I just finished reading the day 17 selections and I think that more than anything else the amount of prayer that is mentioned just blows me away.  Again and again Paul talks about how he’s praying for folks.  He also tells them to pray at all times and to always give thanks.  I pray a good bit but I think [...]