Your Beauty Fills Our Eyes

I mentioned in a post a couple days ago that God has been teaching me to “behold” His glory.  Recently, I came across a new hymn that is based on some of the same Scriptures on which I’ve been meditating.  Your Beauty Fills Our Eyes is an excellent new hymn written by Chris Anderson and [...]

Age of Opportunity

I recently recommended a book to the parents of the teens in our youth group.  Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp is an excellent resource for any parent with teens or soon-to-be teens.  Description:  Teenage hassles that disrupt parents’ lives? Or prime opportunity to connect with, listen to, and nurture our kids? From the argument [...]

Beholding the Glory of the Lord

God is always so very gracious to us.  He is loving and merciful to me even though I am evil, selfish, and wicked.  I’ve been a youth pastor for one year now.  I have been married for almost 4 years, and I have two sons.  With my responsibilities growing, my own desire to progress in sanctification [...]

Excellent Testimony from a Woman Who is Dying

Tonight, Holly and I watched this video testimony  of Rachel Barkey.  She is 37 years old, a wife, and a mother of two young children.  Rachel was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 6-18 weeks to live.  She says, “That sounds like a long time when you’re waiting for Christmas or something that is on [...]