Texas Update for Tuesday

Here is another email from Andy…
Pastor Steve,

We drove about 30 minutes following Mario from Merge Ministries and turned into a subdivision like none I have ever seen.  It is hard to describe the run down condition of these homes and the worst of them all is the one we are here to work [...]

Wordplay

HERE IS THE WASHINGTON POST’S MENSA INVITATIONAL CONTEST WHICH ONCE AGAIN ASKED READERS TO TAKE ANY WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY, ALTER IT BY ADDING, SUBTRACTING, OR CHANGING ONLY ONE LETTER, AND SUPPLY A NEW DEFINITION.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE WINNERS (some censored):
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject [...]

Texas Update!

When I hear from Andy I will post news on my blog:
Pastor Steve,

Well we finally arrived in Mc Allen Texas at about 1:30 and got to our hotel about 2:30.  Dina (from Merge Ministries) and her father came to the airport and gave us a ride to the Super 8 in Weslaco.  We are [...]

Responsible

On Memorial Day 2009, Raibin Osman, a 20-year-old man from Aloha, Ore., called 911 with an unusual complaint: a box of orange juice had been omitted from his younger brother’s order at a McDonald’s drive-thru.
Upset that the teller declined to rectify the alleged mistake, Osman called the cops to complain, adding that a McDonald’s employee [...]

Lord’s Day

God morning!
Thank you for clicking on Steve’s blog.
I know this is a nice June Sunday in Wisconsin.  I made it that way.  Andy Hopp and the mission team needed a good flying day to get down to Lavilla Texas to serve my people there.  I hear your prayers for them.
I also hope you go to [...]

Singing

Hymns and songs.  With blended worship “traditionalists” are unfamiliar with contemporary songs.  And some think the singers up front are “performing” for the “audience.”  And some “modernists” don’t like slow and ancient hymns.  Well then, think about the lyrics that teach us about God and faith.
Therefore, in blended worship, the congregational singing suffers.
Try to sing [...]

Going Digital

Today’s the day your TV should be converted;
For months we all have been alerted.
Your TV can be born anew;
So all the channels you can view.
Just another major change
So your reception won’t look strange;
All the stations cannot be mineral or vegetable
They all must broadcast only in digital.
Grandma says, “I won’t go High tech.”
Her grandson says, “Oh, [...]

Growing Takes Time

When we lived in Ohio a teacher in my church told me the following:
James A. Garfield, prior to serving as President of the United States, was president of Hiram College in Ohio. One day a father asked Garfield if there were a short-cut whereby his son could get through college in less than the usual [...]

Testing

I heard a wise person say last night, “We don’t learn anything unless the lesson is hard.”
Man, I relate to that.  I have never learned much when life was easy and smooth.  But when the storm hit – well, I learned a lot about life, God and myself.  But still I was in need of [...]

Environment

God is a God of beauty.  God is creative and we see that in creation.  We have some creative people at Zion who can enhance our church campus with landscaping.  It compliments the architect and designers who planned the building.  The outer environment, when possible, should make a statement about what we believe about God [...]