Tag Archives: God

Heavenly Hearth and Home

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Joe Chambers

As for man, his days are like grass…and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.  Psalm 103:15-16 Not long ago my wife and I went back to the community we had lived in for 16 years. My wife said, “I … Continue reading →

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Creation

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Joe Chambers

 “In the beginning, God created…” Most of us have had experiences in nature where we have felt a staggering sense of complexity and diversity, breathtaking beauty, and astonishing creativity, and added to all of that, the joy of discovery we … Continue reading →

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On Seeing God

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Joe Chambers

Persons rarely become present where they are not heartily wanted. ~Dallas Willard Do you remember the time when Moses was tending sheep in the wilderness of Sinai and saw a flickering fire off in the distance? Moses said, “What’s going … Continue reading →

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A Good and Beautiful God

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Joe Chambers

All the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD. ~ King David Once there was a lovely autistic boy named Joseph who attended our church and after a song was sung or a prayer offered in … Continue reading →

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Broken In All The Right Places

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Joe Chambers

The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong at the broke places. ~ Ernest Hemingway He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.  Psalm 147:3 I have so many chips and cracks in my soul it is amazing … Continue reading →

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Is God Good?

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Joe Chambers

In a church I belonged to years ago the person who opened the service always opened with these words: God is good ALL THE TIME; All the time GOD IS GOOD. Do you know deep down, rock-solid, for dead sure, … Continue reading →

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The Lord Reigns In Zion

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Joe Chambers

‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’”   Matthew 21:5 On July 22, 2013, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and his wife Kate, had … Continue reading →

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Bears in the Wilderness

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Joe Chambers
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Is It Worth It?

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Joe Chambers

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation; you … Continue reading →

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How to Live in this Good Earth

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Joe Chambers

Music is a sacrament.~ Bono For the Christian, pleasure is innocent until proven guilty. ~ Tim Keller All of us at various times in our lives come to a place where we notice something almost sacramental, rich, and holy about the … Continue reading →

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