Have you ever snorkeled? I love it. The beauty that lies just below the ocean’s surface is breathtaking. And it always makes me long for...

Is silence a struggle for you? Apparently you’re not alone. If you do a quick google search on “the need for silence,” there are a...

I don’t want to be an ungrateful person – especially toward God. I’m sure you don’t either. I was reminded this week how dependent my...

How seriously do I take distractions from my worship of God? Do they really matter? Jesus took distractions from worship seriously. We...

I was in a frustrated funk recently. I’d been working hard on something for some time, but it wasn’t going as I’d hoped. And as I...

Wouldn’t it be great to have a promo video that showed us what we can expect in heaven? I’m sure our jaws would be on the floor through...

Did you know the Bible has far more examples of personal worship than it does of worshiping together as a body of believers? Yet, it...

I don’t think most people go to church on Sunday saying to themselves, I’m just going to passively worship today. I think it mostly...

Are you in an ongoing, nonstop conversation with God? I mean, the kind where you’re attentively listening and quick to reply. I think...

I’ve learned from personal experience the importance of being prepared to fight distractions from worship and idols clamoring for my...

I love finding worshipers in the Bible that we can more easily relate to. People who faced the same choices in life that we still face...

It doesn’t take a theologian or psychologist to tell me that life is a series of battles – large and small, from within and without. No...

The Sunday worship disconnect is real. I see and hear about it all the time. I’ve been there! And one of the main causes of it can...

Our human tendency vs our greatest need – it’s an everyday battle, right? Try convincing a 2-year-old to eat a healthy lunch, and you’ll...

If you and I were to sit down to discuss what keeps Christians from pursing true worship, I’m sure we could come up with long list of...

I was on my knees the other day about to enter a time of worship, and it hit me: This is so unreasonable! It makes no sense to this human...

I’m really not oblivious to the very real struggle that worship is. I hope you never get the impression that just because I wrote a book...

I just had one of those moments when God led me somewhere in His word I didn’t set out to go so I’d read something I really needed to...

Surrender is an important topic for Christians. It can also be uncomfortable, confusing, and even repelling. Several months ago I wrote a...

If preventing people from coming to the knowledge of God is the devil’s top priority, then sabotaging believers’ attempts at worshiping...