Proverbs 24 – The General Contractor

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.” – Proverbs 24:3-4 And by house, it means anything worth building, anything of value, and/or anything worthy of pursuit. This could be our actual house. It could be our life and spiritual [...]

Psalm 101 – Leading with a Limp

“Never trust a leader who doesn’t lead with a limp”. That’s something that was said to me by a very godly man a couple years ago.  While you could probably pick that statement apart if you wanted to, considering life experiences, it somehow seems to resonate with most. What he’s saying is that until we’ve [...]

Psalm 100 – Every Form

Today we are reminded not only to worship God with gladness, but also in every way and every form to approach him with joy. Why? Because we fully understand what He has done for us. Because we not only appreciate it but celebrate it as victory. Because we know how much we don’t deserve it, [...]

Psalm 94 – Shenanigans

I think it’s funny when I catch myself saying things to my kids that my parents used to say to me. I’ve yet to give the ole “you’ll poke and eye out” line, but I’ve certainly fallen victim to the typical parenting clichés. Probably the one that I’ve thought even more than I’ve said is, [...]

Psalm 90 – Retreat

The majority of today’s passage discusses things that honestly, should scare us. It covers everything from God’s power, anger, and indignation, to His wrath. It speaks of our secret sins being revealed, being turned to dust, and being swept away in death. Not really happy times. Yet it starts by saying, Lord, you have been [...]

Psalm 89 – The Next Generation

The moment I became a dad, things changed. If you have kids, you know what I mean. I felt like I went through a crash-course on God’s love. And I came out on the other side wanting two things: for my son to understand love and for my son to experience love. Over the past [...]

Psalm 87 – Birthplace

Indeed, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.”The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” 
   Selah Psalm 87:5-6 Where we were born tells a lot about us.  For instance…I tell people [...]

Psalm 85 – Enough

As if this wasn’t enough: (1) You showed favor to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. (2) You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins.” – Psalm 85:1-2 He continued with this: (3) You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.” – Psalm [...]

Psalm 84 – Good

It was good to be at Austin New Church yesterday. Actually, it was beyond good. But somehow the words great, awesome, incredible come with more of a frenzied flavor. There’s just an “easy like Sunday morning” feeling that accompanies the word “good”. Good feels more like how it feels to take a deep breath and [...]

Psalm 83 – Favor

There is a ton of bad in this world. I’ve heard others say and found myself at times wondering why God would allow it to continue. At times it seems like injustice is tolerated and God remains silent. But God is anything but silent, quiet, and still. More than that, God is anything but unaware. [...]