The One Percent

Last week I heard a sermon where it was stated that going to church on Sunday mornings equals about 1 percent of our total week. The math is kind of simple:

24 hours a day * 7 days a week = 168 hours

Assume 2 hours for a Sunday morning and you get: (2 hours / 168 hours) * 100% = 1% of a given week is in church. 

Want a Healthy Marriage? Read the Song of Solomon (with your spouse)

The Song of Solomon is one of those books in the bible that, for many of us who grew up in church, well, we look at it as awkward. It’s like we go, “what do we do with that?” And I think it is because of that very question (and a few others) that the church should spend a consistent amount of time teaching from it each year.

Adding something for Lent

So Lent is upon us. It is this time of year when most Christians look to giving up something as a way of remembering the sacrifice that our Savior did for us. It’s a wonderful time of year to help us refocus on something that we will never ever fully appreciate. For God’s plan to be that his son would die for all on the planet to live is truly extraordinary. My cynic side sometimes thinks that giving up a few beers for a couple of days doesn’t seem to quite compare….