Warren Hamby was right when he wrote, “Worship isolated from involvement is a bland and meaningless exercise.”
Involvement has to do with activity. Commitment. It means “to engage or employ.” “To engage the interest or emotions.” “To absorb fully.”
If we are passive in worship, disengaged and sit waiting for something to happen to us, we will be disappointed in the service. We may leave saying, “I didn’t get anything out of it. Continue reading
Filed under Worship
March Madness has arrived. Already there’s been several upsets. Sorry Mizzou, UNLV and Duke! Close games that shouldn’t have been. Tough loss Alabama! And the exciting return and win of the Indiana Hoosiers to the “Big Dance”! 
Continue reading
Filed under Discipline
We are born crying, live complaining and die disappointed,” wrote Thomas Fuller in 1732. The writer, O’Henry penned, “Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, with sniffles predominating.” And Janis Joplin, a rock and blues singer of my teen years, once said, “Life is something you do while waiting to die.” Continue reading
The Mountain Message of Matthew 5-7 was called by one writer, “The Radical Teachings of Jesus.” One radical exhortation in found in Matthew 6:19-21. This is a difficult passage. Not to understand, but to apply. Continue reading
I recently came across a neat fable by the famous author anonymous. It seems some Christians built a new church building and invited everyone to come see it. All admired its beauty. Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the new building. They praised everything but him. No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and jealous. “If I am that insignificant, nobody will miss me if I quit,” he said to himself. So the nail released its hold, slid down off the roof, and fell in the mud. Continue reading
Filed under Discipleship, Encouragement
Hi!
I don’t know what happened when I published this post, but somehow it didn’t go through to your inbox.
Anyway, here’s the link for today’s post.
https://thepreachersword.com/2012/03/13/birthday-reflections/
Thanks to Frank Walton for letting me know it was not working.
Hope you all have a great day. And thanks so much for following my Blog. And recommending it to others. I appreciate it.
–Ken Weliever, The Preacherman
Filed under Uncategorized
Not long ago my wife, Norma Jean, had a surprise party for me on my 40th birthday. I thought we were going to Derby Dinner Playhouse with two other couples. Our friends Jim and Linda Broderson were going with us along with Jim and Lyn Engler. When we arrived at the Engler’s I was surprised when I was led downstairs and there was a crowd of people. The basement was set up to resemble a funeral service. And I was there to observe my own “funeral”! Jim Engler was in a homemade casket that looked like something out of Dracula. His hair fixed to look like me. Continue reading
Filed under Life
I am writing this post at 30,000′ on a Southwest Jet between Tampa and Kansas City. Upon take off I was glancing through the Spirit Magazine and saw an interesting article on their “Life Apps Conversationator” page. The opening line was “Listening requires more than opening your ears.” The article was highlighting a book by Bernard Ferrari entitled “Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical business Skill of All.” Continue reading
Filed under Communication
“Lord be with us…” is an expression we often hear in public prayers. Sometimes it’s prayed as it relates to our family. Or in a closing prayer as we leave the assembly. Or in our daily Christian walk. I’ve also heard it applied to our services. “Lord be with us as we worship today.” Continue reading
Filed under Christian Living, Prayer, Worship
I remember the first time I heard of it. I was ten years old. My Granny Key was real sick. And my Mom was very sad. They said it was cancer. I didn’t really know what that meant. I just knew the deep concern it caused my parents. Continue reading
Filed under Hope, Uncategorized
ThePreachersWord 