The Sweetest Frame

There's something about an imprecatory Psalm. But some of the lyrics seem a little too harsh to sing in church: Psalm 58:10 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Any of you found a place for the use of Imprecatory Psalms in corporate worship?

Hoops in Hoosierland... We had a lot of fun at the Hamilton County Sports Complex this week. If you want to read more about it check out The Heights Blog . If you'd like to see some higher res pictures head over to pennsweb .

We had a good conversation at the Penn house tonight. Lot's of questions, not many answers - normal for any Penn house. :) Just ask my brothers. As we set out on this adventure, we want to invite, share, and proclaim. So is there a difference between inviting and soliciting in reference to the Gospel? Is there a difference between proclaiming and promoting (marketing)? Just out of curiousity I checked out Webster's definitions... Solicit: 1 a : to make petition to : entreat b : to approach with a request or plea 2 : to urge (as one's cause) strongly Marketing: 1 a : the act or process of selling or purchasing in a market b : the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service I'm afraid that the gospel lends itself to solicitation. We make petition and entreat. We plead with people that they would seek God in Christ. When you are speaking about life and death - urgency is natural. As far as marketing is concern...

I probably shouldn't write things like this, but sometimes transparency can be good eh? Making the move to Noblesville has been tougher than I thought. The kids are doing well, and I love helping to plan out the worship services. I've made a few new friends, and the Lord has been taking good care of us. But some days you just want to go back to safe. Safe is a place where you are already known . Where you have already made friends and already have places and spaces that you belong. Safe is sleeping in and then having coffee with Chris or going to a Rocket ballgame or spending 3 hours on a Wednesday morning looking into God's word with friends. But I know God sent me to this place, to teach me all about being a missionary. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not pretending to be Carlisle Hanna or even Wallace Malone. But slowly I'm starting to get it. Being a missionary is a lifestyle, not a location . And it makes you desperate. I need God's help to make ...

Alexander's on the Square I've been running a little low on time lately - who hasn't? So instead of posting pics in two places, I'll be posting some pics of Noblesville hopefully once a week over @ the Heights blog . This week we're introducing you to one of our favorite new places called Alexander's .

Why aren't the captives being set free? John needs some confirmation. 18 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, 19 calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” 20 And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’” 21 In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight. 22 And he answered them, “ Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them . In Luke 4 Jesus says this... “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to ...

Some different members of our church team are posting articles on our new Church Blog . If you are interested you can check it out at www.theheightschurch.us/wp

My brother's Church is doing a new project called Project Serve . Project serve is a service project our church began last Sunday, where each individual received an envelope with either a $5, $10, $20, $50, or $100. They are to use this money to serve someone with this week. I love reading these stories of people showing kindness. It's amazing how a small gift can prompt us to look for ways to encourage someone else.

I cannot express how grateful I am for praying friends and family. Many have asked how they might encourage us during this time. Some have even said it - "What else can we do besides pray?" What more could you want than for godly people to speak on your behalf to the Creator and Sustainer of life? I love this from Daniel Chapter 2 17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18 and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel and the boys were desperate for their very lives. They sought the One, True God and he answered in a mighty way. Lord, thank you so much for praying friends and answered prayers.