“Be the song I sing, / be my guiding light. / Savior of my soul, / be the Lord of my life. / Every step I take, /always by my side. / I am yours, you are mine, / be the Lord of my life.”- Matt Maher “Let the words of my mouth and the […]
“I hear your voice carried/ in the rhythm of the wind/ to call me out. / You would cross an ocean/ so I wouldn’t drown. / You’ve never been closer than You are right now.”- Jireh, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music “When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along […]
“Peace holds me when I’m broken, / Sweet peace that passes understanding. / When the whole wide world is crashing down, I fall to my knees / And breathe in Your peace.”- Peace, We The Kingdom “While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”- […]
“Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise/ Refuge of strength to the end./ Righteous redeemer and mighty to save/ He’s the anchor of hope for all men.”- Ellie Holcomb, Anchor of Hope “On that evening of the first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear […]
“Jesus’s life makes it clear that compassion isn’t just an emotion. It’s more than just feeling sorry for someone. Jesus shows us that compassion is a strong emotion that elicits a physical response. The test of compassion is in the and.”- Kyle Idleman, One At a Time “When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion […]
“Hands up to heaven/ Make a joyful noise/ My heart had to hit the floor/ To find all I’m longin’ for/ But I know you’re so much more/ Than a joyful noise.”- Matt Maher, Joyful Noise “But be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making […]
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”- Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) “The airplane stays up because it doesn’t have the time to fall.”- Orville Wright “No bird soars in a calm.”- Wilbur Wright The Adventures of Superman debuted September 19, […]
“Sing high, sing low, sing to and fro,/ Go tell it out with speed,/ Cry out and shout all round about,/ That Christ is Lord indeed.”- Listen Lordlings Unto Me, 16th century Gascony carol “Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the […]
“God is to problems what a hurricane is to a mosquito. No match.”- Max Lucado, You Were Made for This Moment “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place. . . . And who knows but that you have come to your royal position […]
“I neglect God and His angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.”- John Donne, English poet (1572-1631) “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”- Hebrews 13:2 (ESV) The temperature soared to 95 degrees on July […]
My favorite meditative walk involves hiking a 1.7 mile trail around Mallard Lake at the Wehr Nature Center in Hales Corners, WI. On September 17, 2020, I spotted a great blue heron perched on a fallen tree that crossed a small river. That heron went about its hunting, unperturbed by my presence. Blue herons range […]
“So when I fight I’ll fight on my knees / With my hands lifted high. / Oh God, the battle belongs to you. / And every fear I lay at your feet. / I’ll sing through the night, / The battle belongs to you.”- Phil Wickham “This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do […]