Image: Spatter paint technique on a painting designed to look like red brick. From https://worldbydesign.blogspot.com/2014/05/spatter-is-magical-visual-texture.html Have you ever been embarrassed by a photograph? When I was a little boy, someone snapped a photo of me backstage at Jones Hall. I was about eight years old. I was in costume, makeup included, and while waiting toContinue reading “There is a Role For You in God’s Kingdom. Exodus 31:1-5.”
Category Archives: You have a ROLE in the Body of Christ
NO SMALL PARTS: David Served God’s Purpose in His Generation. 1 Chronicles chapters 23 – 27.
God had a purpose for the life of David—I’m sure we can all agree on that. But what about you and me? Does God have a purpose for folks living seemingly ordinary lives in which nothing much ever happens? After all, David was a king—he made the headlines every day. Most of us will neverContinue reading “NO SMALL PARTS: David Served God’s Purpose in His Generation. 1 Chronicles chapters 23 – 27.”
DO THESE SURNAMES MEAN ANYTHING? 1 Peter 1:18-19;2
(I wrote this devotional for my own children.) Do these surnames mean anything to you? Wales. Connolly. Kemp. Courtney. Fletcher. Walker. O’Leary. Thompson. Davis. McBride. Womack. McCoy. Middleton. Washington. Dixon. Tucker. Campbell. Pope. Childers. Puckett. Drinkwater. Simpson. Cox. Brickers. Carter. Anderson. Presley. Claiborne. Woodson. Smith. Dandridge. Dennis. These are ancestral names of my grandfather WillieContinue reading “DO THESE SURNAMES MEAN ANYTHING? 1 Peter 1:18-19;2”
No Small Parts. Matthew 25:23.
Actors like to say, “there are no small parts, only small actors.” It’s a great bit of encouragement: do your best, even if you have a small part, or no part. If you’re an extra in the crowd scenes, be the best extra you can be. If you’re riding the bench, do it well. IfContinue reading “No Small Parts. Matthew 25:23.”
HOW SMALL IS YOUR PART? Matthew 13:31-32.
They say, “there are no small parts, only small actors,” but the truth is—there ARE small parts. You can be the star or you can be “Man in the crowd number 2.” Do you ever feel that way about your life? Like your part is small? You have an unnamed role, a face in theContinue reading “HOW SMALL IS YOUR PART? Matthew 13:31-32.”
Here’s to the Cooks.
We elevate religious leaders. But the preacher is not a different breed. My childhood pastor was a gifted orator and a man with nearly irresistible leadership qualities. Yet, he was humble and chose to be called “Brother John”—an equal. Preachers, elders, and priests are your equals. So are doctors, lawyers, bankers, statemen. But you knowContinue reading “Here’s to the Cooks.”
ARE YOU A ‘MAKER’? God Uses Artists, Craftsmen, Designers, Engineers, Mechanics, and Hobbyists.
Pictured: Jesus showing his mother Mary a table he built, a scene from the film THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. I once asked my father, “Daddy, are you a people person, an idea person, or a thing person?” There was a pause while he looked up from the model airplane he was building. “I don’tContinue reading “ARE YOU A ‘MAKER’? God Uses Artists, Craftsmen, Designers, Engineers, Mechanics, and Hobbyists.”
God Loves Arts, Crafts, and Mechanical Devices.
Never think God is only interested in preachers. Most never preach. Does that mean we laymen are second-class citizens in God’s Kingdom? No. “Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. AndContinue reading “God Loves Arts, Crafts, and Mechanical Devices.”
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