God's Extras

Everyone is familiar with Sherlock Holmes, his faithful companion Dr. Watson, and Holmes's keen power of observation that solved countless crimes. ...

Worship When You Feel Weary

"I can't do it!" I cried to God. "I can't handle the housework, my work, the loneliness of a husband who works so much." Then ...

Worship: Not Just "One More Thing"

If worship is just one thing we do, everything becomes mundane. If worship is the one thing we do, everything takes on eternal significance.

Joyful Noise, Blessed Quiet

Having learned to make the joyful noise, let us also practice the blessed quiet.

We Worship the Totally Other One

Worship is not just personal introspection, or we would worship our feelings. Worship is not even a warm glow, or we would worship that. We worship One ...

Leaving Our Expectations with the Dog

Beware of the mind-set in looking to see if the church will meet your needs. ... When my family is ready to leave for church, we take certain expectations ...

Worry or Worship

We can worry or we can worship. Strangely enough, busy people find it a whole lot easier to worry than to worship.

Do You Have a Song?

Somehow, about forty percent of churchgoers seem to have picked up the idea that "singing in church is for singers." The truth is that "singing ...

A Still, Small Voice

It was an exasperating morning. Our phone rang constantly, I washed a contact lens down the drain, our dryer died, and our dog, Princess, sat on the deck ...

Bells and Organs

The year bells are first known to have been used in a church: A.d. 560.

The approximate year an organ was first used: A.d. 730