The 2 Greatest

We humans are SUPPOSED to get excited in life.  There should be times when you can't help but be a bit like Tigger!  What excites you?

There are some people in whose presence you just naturally relax.  You're free to not manage your glittering image, you can feel at home.  Is that your experience with Jesus?

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?  It's hard to believe that good is coming when the news seems to be one negative story after another.  But our knowledge or and experience with Jesus can change all that.  Listen in.

Atheism gets a lot of press these days.  What doesn't get talked about are the atheists who are beginning to doubt their doubts by examining the universe we live in.

We all talk to ourselves.  It may or may not be verbal, but we all have narratives going on constantly in our heads.  Do your stories line up with what God says about you and the world?

We all notice faults, mistakes, and imperfections; probably more in others than in ourselves.  But there's a difference between noticing things that are not perfect and actively seeking them out.  

It's easy to feel alone and lost.  The Lord wants you to know you are in partnership with others who are accomplishing his work and his work will prevail.  

Let's all be honest, Habakkuk is not on our top 50 favorite books of the Bible.  BUT there are things here to help us with OUR world in chaos as we see how Habakkuk dealt with his.

We all use little cute phrases when we speak.  They are word pictures that help us describe what we are trying to communicate.  We talk about something coming "out of the blue."  What would it look like to love "out of the blue?"

Today we remember and celebrate the writings, whit and legacy of a great Christian author.  J.R.R. Tolkien has given us some timeless words we need to hear afresh in our generation.