Author Archives: GodChild

100 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2     Serve the Lord with gladness!    Come into his presence with singing! Psalm 100:1-2 My all time favorite Flash Mob … truly a must-see (already viewed more than 53 million times). My favorites: Guy with the “Wet Floor” sign at 0:59, the face of just about every little kid caughtContinue reading “Hallelujah!”

God keeps performing miracles in my life. Small miracles just keep happening in my life, often in response to prayers. And yet I continue to be surprised every time. It makes me wonder whether my faith is really as strong as I think it is. If I truly believed in miracles and in the powerContinue reading “Miracles”

“… For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:20 What does it mean, to “gather?” In the days before Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, a.k.a. COVID-19) we thought we knew what it meant to gather. The dictionary says it means, “to bring together into one body orContinue reading “Gathering”

When I was brand new to my current occupation I was hired as an inexpensive replacement for a highly regarded, competent, experienced employee who’d just been laid off. My then-employer brought back the experienced and now laid off employee for 2 days “to train me.” He was charged with teaching me everything he knew inContinue reading “Close the Door and Read It”

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,  Deuteronomy 30:19 It’s amazing to me how many people who consider themselves Pro-Life take the opposite of a Pro-Life stance with respect to theirContinue reading “Choose Life”

This hauntingly beautiful song was written by Rabbi Menachem Creditor, based on the Hebrew text of the first two verses of Psalm 89. He wrote it for his daughter who was born right after the attack on the World Trade Center on September, 11, 2001, as a call to action. The only way to overcomeContinue reading “Olam Chesed Yiboneh”

A lot of workplaces, including mine, frown upon or outright prohibit proselytizing at work. That makes sense because you’re supposed to be working on work time, and unless you work for a religious organization, telling others about Jesus probably isn’t what your employer is paying you to do. I’ve been reading some articles about bringingContinue reading “Bringing Jesus to Work”

“You are exactly what God had in mind when God created you!” That was the introductory devotional in a Bible reading plan I’m following. It was actually a mind-blowing thought for someone who’s always been somewhat of a misfit. I mean … if I believe that God is the author and the creator of EverythingContinue reading “Not God’s Mistake.”

I’ve written here before about my fear of being asked to pray out loud in a group. I identified 3 things that I felt were holding me back: I have a really hard time “switching on a dime” from worldly interaction mode into a prayerful mode… I feel like the way I pray isn’t goodContinue reading “Learning How to Pray Out Loud”