A great commercial for Wendy’s years ago (1984) used this phrase “Where’s the beef?” to bring to light the diminishing patty in some fast food hamburgers. Bob Kauflin, in his blog Worship Matters, asks a similar question about our worship patterns. He is much more articulate than Clara Heller was in her three words, but…
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Today, July 17, is Isaac Watts birthday. He was born in 1674, making him 336 years old. Check out more about him here. Watts wrote a number of hymns we still sing today, and put every Psalm to music for the church to sing. Some of his more well-known hymns include “When I Survey the…
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Thoughts on worship
Here is a great post by Matthew Smith on his use of contemporary settings of hymns in worship. “The lyrics I was singing were not about my desires and how much I wanted to worship God, they were about Jesus and His desires, and they gave specific and beautiful reasons why He was worthy of worship.…
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Vacation time!
Today starts a week of vacation for me. After a day of lake time, projects and such today, we’re taking a short excursion up north. We will be traveling to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with our granddaughter Jenna and taking in some of our favorite things there. We’re going to start at the Soo Locks in…
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Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle
I got a big kick out of reading Dan Gilbert’s blog posting today regarding LeBron James’ signing with the Miami Heat. It was quite interesting that he should play the loyalty card so strongly, given that he tried extremely hard to woo Tom Izzo from Michigan State with tons of money and supposed opportunity, eschewing…
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Growing right-minded children
Joel Miller had these words to say on encouraging his children to believe in God. “It occurs to me that the most important means to encourage belief in God, to encourage their love, trust, and hope in God is to encourage repentance and help them cultivate holiness. The greater the sanctification, the deeper the belief.”…
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Morning by morning
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. These words come from Jeremiah, in his book of Lamentations. They have been used as the basis for at least one great hymn and a couple of contemporary worship choruses. They…
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Happy Father’s Day, Dad
Thank you, Dad, for being the best father I could have had. Thank you for modeling our Father in heaven, and showing me how to live a Godly life. Thank you for showing me that the things of the Lord are those things that deserve first place, and by doing that everything else falls into…
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Return on investment
In business, one of the ways to determine if spending money or time (which equates to money) is a good idea is to calculate a return on investment, or ROI if you like acronyms. As homeowners, we calculate a different kind of ROI – can we get our money back from the improvement when we…
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Pardon me
What a great song this is by Samuel Davies, president of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton. GREAT God of wonders! all Thy ways Are matchless, God-like, and divine; But the fair glories of Thy grace More God-like and unrivall’d shine: Who is a pardoning God like Thee? Or who has grace…
