What comes to mind when you think about holiness? What about a holy person? What does a holy person do or say? What comes to mind when you think of love or a loving person? What does he or she do or say? I ask because it seems to me we are living in an age when people’s perception of God’s holiness is growing increasingly distant from their perception of God’s love, and vice versa. Some churches...
Men, God designed you for a purpose, for a mission. A hammer is designed to drive nails. That’s its mission. You might say it’s most itself when that’s what it’s doing. Similarly, the male body is crafted by God so men can carry out their mission, and men are most themselves—most alive—when that’s what they’re doing. What are they designed for? What’s the mission? To love God and to love others...
As I drove away from dropping my daughter at school this morning, worry came whispering. (My daughter’s doing fine, but worry never seems to mind that.) It reminded me of experiences I had in high school. It reminded me of stories I hear today at Regeneration. I confessed, “Father, I wish she were growing up in a world where the majority of kids around her believed sex is sacred.” I breathed...
How did you do remembering the true meaning of Christmas? Two thousand years ago, a virgin girl gave birth to a baby boy, the Savior of the world, God incarnate. The word remember has two parts. The prefix re- means again, as in replay, restore, and regenerate. The word member has to do with being a part of a whole, as in staff member, team member, or family member. When we remember, we pull...
Each week I get plenty of “windshield time” as I commute to the Regeneration Ministries office in Baltimore from my home in south-central Pennsylvania. This affords me time to listen to numerous podcasts, and one I heard recently is helping me to pause and prepare during this season of Advent. Adam Young, in his podcast, The Place We Find Ourselves, recently interviewed a young woman, KJ Ramsey...
I have a question for you, and how you answer reveals something about your view of Christmas. Where do you nourish and care for your body? For most of us we think about places like the gym, a doctor’s office, or maybe a health food store. Makes sense. That’s where my mind immediately goes. But why don’t our minds quickly think of a worship service, a Christian small group, a prayer ministry, our...
