Random Hymn

Father, I know that all my life is portioned out for me,
The changes that are sure to come I do not fear to see;
I ask Thee for a present mind intent on pleasing Thee.

I would not have a restless will that hurries to and fro,
Seeking for some great thing to do or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child, and guided where I go.

I ask Thee for the daily strength to none that ask denied,
A mind to blend with outward life while keeping at Thy side;
Content to fill a little space, if Thou be glorified.

In service which Thy will appoints
there are no bounds for me;
My inmost heart is taught the truth
that makes Thy children free.
A life of self-renouncing love is one of liberty.

--Anna Waring, 1850. ["Trinity" edit]

Memorial Day 2008

This poem was written as a response to the poem "In Flander's Field" and is intended to remind us how much more needs to be done by we who have been entrusted with the legacy of those who died that we might be free.

For the youth they gave and the blood they gave,

For the strength that was our stay,

For every marked or unmarked grave

On steel-torn Flander's way -

We who are whole of body and soul,

We have a debt to pay.

When we have justly given back again

To the maimed body and bewildered brain,

New strength and light and will to take one's part

In the world's work at field or desk or mart,

When this old joy of living we restore,

We shall have paid a little of our score.

When we have given to earth's stricken lands

The service of our minds and hearts and hands,

When we have made the blackened orchards bright,

And brought the homeless ones to warmth and light,

When we have made these desolate forget,

We shall have paid a little of our debt.

For the youth they gave and the blood they gave

We must render back the due:

For every marked and nameless grave

We must pay with service true;

'Till the scales stand straight with even weight

And all the world is a world made new.

God Bless the Mess

"My life is a mess" with these words, the late Mike Yaconelli begins his book "Messy Spirituality." It is a confession most of us can make. Building off of Proverbs 14:4, this message encourages us by reminding us that God can and will bless the mess of our lives. In this sermon we examine the fact that grace, growth and God's people are messy and once we embrace that truth, God can do His best work in our hearts.

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Why The Trinity Matters

There was a time when the doctrine of the Trinity was serious business, but today many Christians live as "practical heretics" when it comes to this crucial truth. Paul in 2 Corinthians 13:14 helps us discover what difference the the Trinity in our christian experience.


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A Bloodless Coup?

Came across this quote from the famed evangelist, Billy Sunday.

"The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking the Bible out of our schools."

All I could think of was "what happened" to that America?

Counter Cultural Motherhood

Ephesus in the time of the Apostle Paul bears striking similarity to our own 21st century culture, particularly in regard to its view of motherhood. 1 Timothy 2:15, encourages women to embrace the "high calling" of motherhood in the face of societal pressures to forsake the home for personal gain.

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The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

This message (taken from Acts 1) preached on Ascension Sunday deals with how the believer and the Church should wait until Jesus returns to restore the Kingdom. As we wait, we should remember what Jesus did, receive what Jesus promised and reveal what Jesus is doing now.


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Don't Waste Your Pulpit - John Piper