These blogs are meant to enhance the 40 Days of Focus for The Grove Church
Right now I’m having the opportunity to read the book Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin. So far, my favorite quote of his in the book is, “The better we know God through His Word, the more genuine our worship will be.” There are so many ways to worship God – the possibilities are endless! Whether [...]
A little over a year ago, I was in pretty bad shape. I had been through several “Prodigal Years,” as one of our wise Elders describes the times when we, like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), take the abundance that our Father has given us and walk away from Him, squandering His gifts all the [...]
Romans 10:13-17 talks about salvation coming from believing, and believing comes due to hearing the gospel, and hearing the gospel comes because someone tells us, and someone tells us because they are sent to tell. Paul then says “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach (tell) the good news!” There were many “feet” [...]
There is no faith without prayer - Gary Thomas Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breath are to the life of the body. - John Henry Newman As it is the business of tailors to make clothes and of cobblers to mend shoes, so [...]
Since I'm finally approaching maturity at the age of 90, I realize that I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. I am not going to beat myself up over my mistakes, as Augustine said, “Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence.” My [...]
I sit and think of the word “worship”, and the ways I have previously understood and used it in the past. I have considered and referred to “worship” as simply the musical part of our service. Although there is worship that occurs as we sing and play (and perhaps dance), it is not the entirety [...]
Circumstances in your life shape your perspective of things. These are mine. My mother died of cancer when I was 14 years old, leaving me feeling lost within a fragmented family. I was the only female in a home with my dad and three older brothers. In those early formative teen years, I was blessed [...]