This is my final Christmas music post for 2019. We have looked at the secular and religious music of the season. Music is a special part of our lives. It stirs our memories. It rousts our spirits. It brings us together. It challenges our personalities. […]
Listen. Do you mind if I share a pet peeve? Because I had a day off, I had the chance to listen to the sermons of six different preachers today. Each of them holds preaching ministry positions and their sermons are broadcast on radio waves […]
Today’s post is the second in our series featuring favorite Christmas songs. (For the first post in this series, click here.) Today we are looking at secular holiday songs that are a little less than classic, but that hold a special place in making the […]
The meaning of Christmas is a bit like truth. The more that you think about it, the more incredible, almost unbelievable that it seems. A God who cared enough to take the time to become a human being? In the form of a baby? Born […]
A couple of years ago The New York Times ran an article asking the question, “Is Christmas a religious holiday?” The subheading to the story replied, “A growing number of Americans say No.” While many doubt that Christmas is embattled for its religious significance, a […]
Have you already begun to tire of Christmas music? Some stations began to play them the weekend of Halloween! Want to have some fun with our typical Christmas songs? Each week throughout December, I will post a list of my top ten Christmas songs. Each […]
I finished reading another book over the weekend about how the church makes disciples of the millennials. Churches so want to reach the next generation – and usually for very pure, very biblical reasons. Church leaders today talk about a clearer vision. The books speak […]
It is Thursday evening and I am live on the Koinonia Bible Study website. We are here to discuss the new series “Autumn Refreshing” and the first lesson in the series, “Autumn Rain.” I am anxious to hear from you and to chat about the […]
Several people have asked about the navigation of the site and the study. Here are some quick links to the lessons for Autumn Refreshing. I will update this post each week when we add a lesson. This will give you a little structure of the […]
It is Monday morning, a day that I have been looking forward to for months. The time has come for me to launch a new Bible study. The study is called “Autumn Refreshing” and pauses in the month of November to remind us of the […]