A drama about Priorities Director’s Notes: Let’s face it – we’re too busy. Steven Curtis Chapman sings a song about the “busyman.” The Bible says that a man dies and leaves behind all his busy activities. Sometimes when I write a drama, God uses it first and foremost in my own life. There are a…
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into…
Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing. Shakespeare I’ve always been an advocate of goal-setting, for two reasons. Setting and achieving goals leads to progress; it makes us effective. If you aim at nothing you will always hit it. People who don’t set goals often just meander through life. Their lives resemble…
Romans 8:1-2 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.” If you can’t think of any reason to fall to your knees before Christ, this verse should make you…
Essential reading for anyone who wants to know what the church’s progressive edge is up to, Alternative Worship provides practical tools for nontraditional worshipers during major festivals of the church year–Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. It acts as a “how-to” book for revitalizing worship and renewing imagination and creativity. Written by Jonny Baker with…
Something I deal with as a worship leader and pastor is complacency. I relate to worship ministry, but no matter which ministry context you are in, sooner or later, complacency can be a great temptation, and if we are not careful, we will serve our ministry days settling for mediocre ministry. This is not what…
The following article was written by Jim Feiker. It is an article that is well worth reading. A businessman seeking professional counsel was asked by his counselor to describe his life. He said, “I have come to the end of my life; I have climbed the ladder of success to the top only to realize…
Psalm 66:3-4 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!” So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.” A favorite song of Christians everywhere is “Our God Is An Awesome God” as it speaks…
Todd Marsh (T.F. Marsh) has been a freelance artist since 1984, writing, developing, and illustrating products for adults and children of all ages. Through the years, he has been involved with projects for such licensed companies as Disney, Warner Bros., Paramont, BBC, Enesco, Solo, and Nabisco. He has also illustrated his own line of Greeting…
INTRODUCTION When I was in college studying music, I worked for a while in the choral department of a large music store. The manager of the choral dept. was as secular and ungodly a man as they come, yet he was an expert on sacred choral music– I didn’t think much about it at the…
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