Category: Word of the Week

HAPPY MONDAY! Too much “tomorrow” brings us today’s word-of-the-week… NOW Spring’s coming. Easter’s in a few weeks. Lots of stuff to get ready for the bike tour in three months. Goals, plans, all sorts of interesting, fun stuff on the horizon. What about NOW? Am I the only one who gets so involved in what’s […]

HAPPY MONDAY! A new look at a familiar word prompts today’s word-of-the-week… FOLLOW “Follow me.” That’s the invitation. And it’s natural to ask, “Okay, where are we going?” I think I’ve decided it’s the wrong question. When Jesus called His disciples, He didn’t talk about where they’d go or what they’d do. He simply invited […]

HAPPY MONDAY! An old friend shines fresh light on today’s word-of-the-week… WORSHIP Most churches seem to have “worship leaders” who play guitars or keyboards, so I guess worship means music. I don’t think that’s correct. Worship is about how we live our lives, not singing for a few minutes on Sunday. I’m studying an old sermon […]

HAPPY MONDAY! An off-hand remark from a pastor friend inspires today’s word-of-the-week… RADICAL My friend invited me to speak to a group of young adults last week. As we talked prior to the event he said, almost matter-of-factly, “I never stop being surprised by just how incredibly radical Jesus’ message really was.” He paused for […]

HAPPY MONDAY! I wish I wasn’t thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… DEVALUED I’m sad for a handful of friends who feel this morning as though their lives are once again devalued by the society in which they live. My friends sincerely believe today that they, their children, siblings, or other family members could be murdered in broad daylight, […]

HAPPY MONDAY! A good friend’s Facebook comment prompts today’s word-of-the-week… FEARLESS I got a lesson in fearless this week. A Facebook friend wrote some courageous thoughts about how the world appears from her perspective. Latter she said she probably lost a few friends because she was so brutally honest and vulnerable. I reassured her. Real […]

HAPPY MONDAY! An amazing young man got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… EXAMPLE Being a professional athlete provides a huge platform. It’s interesting to watch how different individuals leverage that opportunity. We’ve heard the debate about athletes as about role models. Personally, I think it’s silly. There are plenty of knuckleheads playing big-time sports. That […]

HAPPY MONDAY! A busy weekend prompts today’s word-of-the-week… AWARENESS Our church spent the weekend doing a number of activities designed to create awareness about the issue of human trafficking. A few thousand people left with a lot of information. Someone asked whether all that knowledge makes any difference. I suppose you could argue that the […]

HAPPY MONDAY! One of my favorite t-shirts inspires today’s word-of-the-week… DISRUPT Becky went to a conference several years ago. I got a t-shirt. She heard Congressman John Lewis speak. Lewis was a member of Dr. Martin Luther King’s inner circle and the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington. He was on the motel […]

Happy Monday! An exchange around a tweet prompts today’s word-of-the-week… FIGHT My tweet simply said “Life’s not a battle…unless you choose to fight.” My friend Kristen raised a great counterpoint. I choose to fight. I choose to fight against apathy. I choose to fight against injustice. I choose to fight against all of the lies […]

HAPPY MONDAY! Personal frustration leads me to today’s word-of-the-week… THEM You know who I mean. Them…the folks who aren’t us. Seems like we’re talking about them a lot lately. You and I likely know them in our workplace, our neighborhood, perhaps even our church. We probably accept them, perhaps even love them, but…and there’s the key. […]

HAPPY MONDAY! The last Monday of 2014 got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… REFLECT New Year’s resolutions get all the attention, but I find it useful to look back. Year-end is an opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been. It’s a great way to get a sense of where I’m headed. But the past contains […]