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10.02.08

Mutual Following Musings | (0)
I've been struck by an interesting truth after spending the last month with our The Lord is My Shepherd series. Look at these verses and tell me this isn't pretty cool. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." - John 10:27 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever." - Psalms 23:6 We follow Him and His goodness follows us. It doesn't get any better than that.

Tagged: follow, goodness, jesus, shepherd
09.03.08

Storytelling Musings | (3)
Yesterday marked the 35th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien. In my not-so-humble opinion, Tolkien should go down as the greatest writer of English literature in the 20th Century. Nearly everyone knows about his most well-known work, The Lord of the Rings, mainly because of the massively successful Peter Jackson movies that came out a few years ago. Unknown to most, however, is the vast array of nonfiction and academic works which really showcase the genius of the man. Among his many literary accomplishments, he was a translator fluent in several ancient European languages, and is considered to have produced ...

Tagged: c.s. lewis, inklings, jesus, literature, parables, story, storytellings, tolkien, watercooler wednesday
05.23.08

That’s My King! Authenticity, Musings, Worship | (2)
I don't have much to say today, so I thought I would let one of my favorite videos speak for me. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Tagged: jesus, King, s.m. lockridge, Worship, youtube
03.23.08

Resurrection Day! Authenticity, Musings, Worship | (0)

Tagged: easter, faith, jesus, resurrection
03.21.08

A Good Friday Authenticity, Musings | (0)
What a glorious day, for so many reasons. Like so many of you, I've had the cross on my mind today, and the sacrifice of our Savior on that instrument of torture and death. Friday is also my usual day off, and would have been anyway since Good Friday is one of our church staff's "official" days off. One of my precious girls turned 9 today, and we spent the day together as a family doing fun stuff. We ate at Pizza Hut for lunch, and went over to Braum's for some ice cream (Joy and I shared a cookie ...

Tagged: christ, cross, golgotha, good friday, jesus, letterboxing, sacrifice, savior, the crabb family, the cross
02.09.08

diversity Authenticity, Musings | (0)
We just got back from a fun-filled day in Frisco (that's Texas). What did we do? Our version of "toy shopping" is to go to the library and hit the book stores. We actually live between Denton and the Frisco area, and we hit the library book sale, the public library itself, and the Recycled Books on the square in Denton. Later, we headed over to Frisco, and repeated the process, first the public library, then the Half Price Books. We got good stuff. Trust me. Denton and Frisco are quite different demographically. I'd say Denton is primarily lower-middle class to lower-class folks, ...

Tagged: america, asian, book store, books, caucasian, christ, class, cowboys, dallas, denton, diversity, drawl, english, ethnic, european, french, frisco, hindi, indian, jesus, latino, library, lower class, mavericks, middle class, rangers, spanish, stars, texas, upper class, witness
02.04.08

O How I Love Jesus Music, Worship | (4)
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Tagged: blended worship, hymn, jesus, love, Music, Worship