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Mark D. Roberts

This week’s edition of Newsweek (May 4, 2009) includes an article called: “Is That a Bible in Your Pocket?” Lisa Miller, Newsweek‘s religion editor, comments on the growing popularity of holy writ iPhone apps. Apparently, some of the most popular apps for the iPhone are versions of the Bible, the Qur’an, and so on. Miller…

Play Skillfully READ Psalm 33:1-22 Sing a new song of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp, and sing with joy. Psalm 33:3 The Hebrew expression translated here as “play skillfully” literally means “to do well in playing music.” The verb “to be skillful” comes from the Hebrew root that means “good,” and is…

Recently I found an unexpected surprise . . . a Hidden Mickey at Laity Lodge. “What is a Hidden Mickey?” you ask. If you’re a fan of Walt Disney lore, you probably know the answer. But if not, let me explain (or you can read more here). A Hidden Mickey is a group of three…

If you’re a worship leader, a pastor, or a lay person who cares about the worship life of your church, I highly recommend the National Worhsip Leader Conference 2009. Let me say up front that I am involved with this conference as one of the workshop presenters. It is sponsored by Worship Leader magazine, for…

A couple of days ago I saw Great Expectations: The Musical. It was performed at the Boerne Community Theatre by the Teen Troupe. Now I might have seen this musical simply because Great Expectations is one of my favorite novels, but I was significantly motivated by the fact that my son, Nathan, has a major…

My last couple of posts focused on Scot McKnight in light of his recent visit to Laity Lodge. Today I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Scot blogged on Laity Lodge. I want to highlight his post, not only because he liked Laity Lodge, but also because of what he said about it. I can…

Yesterday I described Scot McKnight’s recent visit to Laity Lodge. Today I want put up a brief review of his latest book, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible (Zondervan, 2008). Initially, the most striking thing about The Blue Parakeet is it’s bright yellow color and odd title. What, one must wonder, does…

Part 1 of series: Sharing Laity Lodge: 2009 Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series This past weekend we were pleased to host Scot McKnight at Laity Lodge. Many of my readers will be familiar with Scot because he is, among other things, a prolific and influential blogger. Jesus Creed, Scot’s blog, is…

Finally, I Confessed READ Psalm 32:1-11  Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Psalm 32:5 Psalm 32 expresses David’s joy in experiencing the freedom of God’s…

My daughter and my dog enjoying a spring afternoon . . .
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