Beware of people like me, teachers and preachers. Beware when we get too attached to our titles and insist that everyone use them. Beware when we ask for special privileges. Beware when we start attracting undo attention to… Continue reading

What is all this cross talk at Advent and Christmas? It doesn't sound too gentle, warm, and cozy? What do you think he came for? That little vulnerable baby calls you to a life of vulnerability, self-denial, and radical discipleship.… Continue reading

  There are two roads to life. They have many expressions and characteristics, but I want to focus today on one dimension of choice: Playing it safe or risking everything. Most people agree that “stupid risks,” those made in a… Continue reading

Air or DespAIR? "Where there is despair, [let me sow] hope." – Prayer of St Francis Oh God, there is so much despair in the world.Desp-AIR, taking the wind out of our sails, the bounce from our steps,The rhythm from… Continue reading

Being awake is more than a condition, it is a command for living. So, I am musing over it "acroymically." A=ATTENTION – I've heard this as a command as you have. It usually sounds like a short "a" with a dramatic… Continue reading

The vicious downward cycle of idolatry is that we construct gods in our own image that decay at a rate faster than we do. In worshiping them, we become like them through imitation, complacency, and decay. Then, the next round… Continue reading

"'Tut, tut child,'" said the Duchess. 'Everythings got a moral if only you can find it.'" Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Everything. We are not all stuck in a Carollian Wonderland. Or are we? We are all observers of the stories… Continue reading

  Just an acronym for TODAY: TIME – Today is certainly a matter of timing. It is now, the time you are in, the only time you can be sure you have. Use it or abuse it; it is what it… Continue reading

https://heartofashepherd.com/2015/11/30/psalm-331-12-a-primer-on-worship-and-praise/   “Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.” – Psalm 33:3 There are three things that God reminds us of today that He would like for us to offer Him in worship. The first… Continue reading

"To climb steep hills … requires slow pace at first." – Shakespeare The bard was right. Climbing is difficult and arduous, but it is the only way up. Whether we climb quickly or slowly, it is a process. As Jonathan rallied his… Continue reading