by Kelly Carr About a decade ago, my grandparents were highly invested in deciding what to do for their own funeral arrangements. There were a lot of options given to them, and they kept debating what would please them both. At one point, a mausoleum was in contention: My grandfather: “I want to be in […]
Another Look by David Faust We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:7, 8). Homesickness is a strange malady. Usually when you’re sick of something, you want less of it. But homesickness means […]
by Jason Hills My 8-year-old son Graham loves to play the piano. He’s pretty good, as a matter of fact. Anytime he hears a song that catches his ear he can’t wait to get his fingers on the ivory to pluck out the melody. He can figure out tunes he heard a week ago on […]
by Jim Byerly What was once called music, and then called praise, is now called worship. “So, how was worship today?” usually means, “How was the band and music?” We can arrange our worship into two categories: personal and corporate (or institutional)—the latter referring to occasions when the church comes together to worship. From Scripture […]
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen How can we make sure God is pleased when we worship? We might begin by asking ourselves a few questions. Is God the object of my worship? Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard observed, “In the most earnest sense, God is the critical theatergoer. . . . The speaker is then […]
