Archive for April, 2008

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Not Always Feeling It…

April 30, 2008

I’m not always feeling it.  It being Blogging.  It’s almost like journaling.  Once a month I might have some revelation or personal experience that I actually want to journalize.  Today is one of those “nothing” days.

So…, this morning I helped my wife get the boys up.  Before work I enjoyed a hot mug of coffee at Panara where I read my Bible, and a couple chapters from Vince Antonucci’s book “I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy t-shirt,” which is overly simplistic, a little irreverent, and lots of fun.

At work I checked e-mail (responding to yet another hilarious quip from good friend Mike) before finally sitting down to study James 5:13-16 for my sermon on Sunday.

Lunch with my wife at Arby’s followed by various chores at work and more sermon research and writing.

I’m getting ready to head home for the day, but wanted to post something on the blog… so… here it is… even though I’m not feeling it!

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Word of God: Speak!

April 29, 2008

Early this morning, as I enjoyed a hot cup of Joe at the Panara Bread Company, I ran across a Scripture that frightened me: Proverbs 29:7.  It says, “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.” 

Huh?  Although I want to be righteous, I must confess that I’m not spending a whole lot of brain-power, heart-power, soul-power, or body-power on “justice for the poor.”  In fact, when I see such verses I cannot help but think of all the people whose poor choices, lack of motivation, and weak work ethic spawned their poverty in the first place.

The righeous care about the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Don’t hear me wrong: I give to the poor, I help the poor find beneficial resources, and I hope our church will become a safe-harbor for the poor–but I do those things because I’m supposed to, not necessarily because I care to.  I think.

Yet the sage Proverb says, “The righteous care about justice for the poor but the wicked have no such concern.”

I wonder:  Is it possible to go to church, worship with passion, study God’s word, abstain from the common forms of wickedness, call on the name of the Lord for eternal salvation, and yet be wicked in the eyes of God because of my lack of of concern for the poor?

Is this possible?  Perhaps true repentance…

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Tech-Savvy? Not At All!

April 28, 2008

So begins my journey into the virtual world of technology.  Although I work in a brand new church setting that weds ancient Truth to Post Modern Experience, I must say that I’m not very Post Modern at all.  I confess: I’d rather be listening to background Big-Band, enjoying the sweet aroma of Cavendish, drinking a piping hot cup of Java, and reading a classic novel than surfing the World Wide Web.  And yet, to open my life to a network of friends and family, I must concede the relevancy of technology and the beauty of the weblog.  Am I tech-savvy?  Not at all.  None-the-less, my tech-trek begins.

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