Out of Touch

Dear friends and family: I’ve been out of the country and out of touch off and on for most of July and part of August. Contrary to popular belief, I wasn’t eaten by cannibals! (Although I have eaten some unidentifiable meat lately.) I have been up in the...

Revive Me!

There are nine verses in Psalm 119 that have the phrase, “Revive me.” I’m working on memorizing them just for the nourishment of my own soul. Do you do that? Sometimes I get away from Scripture memory, but I always regret it. It is one of the most fruitful and...

Theology of Hope Pt 2

Hail to the brightness of Zion’s glad morning! Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain! Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning, Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.How fast would you sign up for an army that was destined to fail? Yet that seems to be the...

A Theology of Hope from Old Hymns

I’m almost positive I didn’t steal it. I’m sure I asked permission. When I was pastor of Indian Hills Baptist Church back in the 90’s, I found an old box of Broadman Hymnals (1949) underneath the baptistery. We sang from the old hymnal every Sunday night there that...

Revival Yearnings

Revival: an extraordinary movement of the Holy Spirit producing extraordinary results.Yearnings: protracted, insistent and strong desires or cravings, especially in wishing for something lost: longings for the attainment of something unfulfilled.The Harvest is...

500 YEARS BEHIND

Mexico is a study in contrasts. A vaquero on his horse at the KFC drive thru window. A beggar on the steps of a cathedral built in the 1500’s; the church so stunningly ornate and the beggar so filthy, both take your breath away. A family of five, including a couple of...