Singing

I have been impacted over the past few days about the place of singing in the church as the return of Jesus approaches. Throughout Scripture there is a clear pattern of global involement by the Church in singing that ‘ushers in’ the coming of the Lord (cf. Ps 96; 98; 149; Is 42:9-13; Rev 5:9f.).
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When Do We Stop “Stopping to Wonder”?

Last night we were on our way home from the library (a Downing family day-off staple – too poor to buy books, so we check out loads of them from our wonderfully un-recognized treasure known as the Kansas City Public Library System). As we were driving south on Hwy 71, Abby pointed out a beautiful [...]

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Why I am not very good at keeping a blog

I think too much… and I like all of my thoughts to be complete. Therefore, I start more blogs than I finish; actually I walk away frustrated more times than not, thinking of ways to actually use language to convey the thoughts which stir in my mind.
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