Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say: "We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven."  ~ Lamentations 3:41 - 42 One of my greatest fears is that I will lose sight of the sovereignty of God.  I pray that I will always be aware of His holiness, His power, His might ... for as we lose sight of those things of WHO He is ... we easily forget how deep our need for Him really is. God's choice is to forgive ... it is not His obligation.  We are not owed the mercy ... [Read More]

Thank you for joining me through this Holy Week journey.  I'm "unplugged" for the week but have printed out these Scriptures, thoughts, and prayers to use during my own preparation for our Good Friday service and celebration on Resurrection Sunday. Today we begin "Preparing Your Heart" by considering our need for examination. Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. ~ Lamentations 3:40 This sort of examination is difficult ... for we are forced to evaluate our ... [Read More]

"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power." ~ Alan Cohen I'm not a big fan of change. Seriously ... I really like same, constant. But the winds of change are upon me.  I can feel the breeze blowing and it seems to be picking up speed. It's exciting. New ... [Read More]