my day off

I am looking forward to once again beginning to write!

As soon as I slowed down from the holidays my head began to fill with praise and ideas and things I want to explore. So, if you would be so kind as to read...I will once again write!

I experienced many things during Christmas. Family reunited, several thousand in attendance at Crossroads to see the services we all poured our lives into the past few months, the exchange of gifts with those we love and appreciate as friends, family and volunteers and a whole lot of eating.

Among the glitter, glamour and performances stood one small event that I will forever cherish - my father reading Luke 2 to us before we opened our gifts. This was Christmas to me!

What was your most cherished memory from this Christmas?

weekend report

Loved, loved, loved the opening instrumental! And Loved, Loved, Loved just as much the parody that we created to support the Pastor's teaching on being single! You can watch it here CLICK !

Our setlist:

Instrumental: Hey Soul Sister - Train

Announcements: Pastor Tim

I Stand Amazed - Hayes

We Will Sing - Draper

Everybody Praise the Lord - Brewster

Oh Lord, You're Beautiful - Jesus Culture

(a small chunk of...) Redeemer - Kutless

VIDEO: starring Jimmie McCready

Message: Rethink Marriage Pt. 4

Exit Song: Hey Soul Sister

to watch our services go to www.crossroadswired.com

to see what other ministries used in their worship services to to www.theworshipcommunity.com

conditional praise

I am praising God for His amazing goodness as I just saw a call from our daughter which means they landed safely in LA!

I'm on the computer only in the hopes they were on their computers, but they don't seem to be so it's off to bed before getting back up at 4:30 to get them. I was actually going to skip posting, but...

It dawned on me as I was praising Him that my praise may truly be conditional. What if the outcome had been different?

I have to say many times I only think about thanking Him when things go my way. When the ending is a good one. When all is as I think it should be.

I wonder instead if I could condition myself to praise? Practice it. Repeating something makes it become a habit, so I choose to praise my God, for being the only true God, when I wake up each morning, for my family and friends and ministry, and because He is worthy of praise!!

A praising habit. When I begin to praise Him constantly as He deserves, only then my praise will become unconditional.