might be a while...

due to my broken arm typing is slow and frustrating...

so it might be a while for a blog update. be patient, i will be back & better than ever soon

speak, Your servant is listening.

let your ear be attentive to the voice of my supplications....

when was the last time our ears were attentive to what God desired to say? This Sunday at Tabernacle, we are going to investigate what it means to have a listening ear. With this comes a new perspective. As we prepare to worship together this week - I encourage you to read 1 Samuel 3 to prepare.

See you on Sunday.

we're still here.

Let me put my 'shocked face' on. I have to admit that when the clock struck 6 p.m. EST I turned on the evening news to see what the coverage would be. Was there a natural disaster somewhere? What would the news say?

We have been saturated with today's date, May 21st 2011. This was going to be the judgement day before a period of 5 months of trials and the end of the world. Right. Sadly, many are worried about the so called prophesy and it has led to fear for many. Though the second coming will be an actual event, I disagree with those who believe that this leads to an overall positive message about it.

As for me - I wish that guy would just shut up. The problem is that people believed him, even though an earlier prediction for the end of the world has already come and gone. I can't wait to hear his response to how this date didn't work out. Maybe it was wrong mathematical calculations again. So, with all of the theological and biblical answers that I could use to prove the absurdity of this guy's claim, let me close with these words from the group Public Enemy...

"Don't believe the hype."

hide and seek.

Does God play hide and seek? At times we may feel this way, but then we would be in good company with the Psalmist and even Jesus himself. Although at times it feels as if God cannot be found, the revelation of God shows us something much different.

God does not play hide and seek because He desires to make Himself known. Romans 1 reminds us of natural revelation - ²⁰ For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Jesus himself in seen to be the special revelation of God. If you want to know who God is, or what God is like - look at Jesus. He reveals the Father, according to John.

So if God desires to make Himself known - what will be our response when He speaks to us?

Join us at Tabernacle UMC as we seek to discover such a reality.

roll away the stone

I honestly didn't hear of Mumford and Sons until I saw them with Dylan at the Grammys. I am sitting here about to go to bed after finishing my final paper of the semester celebrating with a little bit of folk rock. Nobody can jam on an acoustic guitar like them... well maybe the Avett Bros. Here are the lyrics to a striking and very seasonal song for us... Enjoy.

By the way - shout out to Jim Reilly from Tabernacle UMC for having a straight connection to the blog from his Ipod Touch!

Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we can find
Don’t leave me alone at this time,
For I am afraid of what I will discover inside
You told me that I would find a home,
Within the fragile substance of my soul
And I have filled this void with things unreal,
And all the while my character it steals

The darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I seek
It seems as if all my bridges have been burned,
You say that’s exactly how this grace thing works
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart,
But the welcome I receive at the restart

The darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I seek
The darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I seek
The darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I seek

Stars hide your fires,
And these here are my desires
And I will give them up to you this time around
And so, I’ll be found with my steak stuck in this ground
Marking its territory of this newly impassioned soul
But you, you’ve come too far this time
You have neither reason nor rhyme
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine