Two Minute Meditations
by Phil Ware — Feb 5th, 2012
We were tired -- exhausted would be the more accurate description. We had just returned from a week of working with about 100 volunteer ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 29th, 2012
Thirteen time zones from home and suffering a bit of jet lag, I awakened early this morning at 4:00. For the next hour, I tossed and turned ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 22nd, 2012
We all can make a mess of things. It starts when we are young. We don't even have to try to make a mess -- it's just what we do best sometimes. And our ... (
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Older Articles from 'Two Minute Meditations'
by Phil Ware — Jan 15th, 2012
11! "The Eleven" to be exact. That's how the apostles were known the seven weeks after Jesus' death. It was not a title of respect. Instead, it was a ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 8th, 2012
"You've gotta be kiddin' me!" That had to be the comment made by angels when Jesus returned to heaven. He was leaving the start of ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jan 1st, 2012
We begin the New Year with the same ol' hype, same ol' commercials in different dress, and if we are not careful, the same ol' resolutions as ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 25th, 2011
Years ago, the arrival of the Penney's Christmas catalogue and the Sear's Christmas Book sent our kids scrambling for a pen. They would then ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 18th, 2011
If we are honest, there simply are a lot of things that we get wrong about Jesus' birth. It's not that we don't care about the facts, we just seem to lose them in ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 11th, 2011
When I first took a class on family and marital therapy in grad school, I could understand the argument, but thought it was overstated ... (
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by Phil Ware — Dec 4th, 2011
Why was heaven's glory revealed to a bunch of nobodies in the middle of nowhere? While shepherds had once been held in high esteem among ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 27th, 2011
We're flying home on this Saturday after Thanksgiving with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. We've enjoyed a few special days with ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 20th, 2011
Years ago, in the 1960's, my parents crammed their little boys in the car and we all went to the drive-in movie and saw
The Alamo... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 13th, 2011
How much did you spend on your feet this past year? Okay, I know that seems like a bit of an odd question, but humor me on this one. How much did you spend for ... (
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by Phil Ware — Nov 6th, 2011
More than three decades have passed. It's hard to believe. The hospital where it happened, West Texas Medical Center, is no longer in ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 30th, 2011
Two people you love are getting married. You are sitting there in the sanctuary as the preacher begins to address them and before they say their ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 15th, 2011
Last week I wrote and also spoke on the subject of sexual intimacy. Thank you for your kind notes and messages. I have appreciated several tasteful touches ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 9th, 2011
Have you ever noticed how nervous church people get when someone talks about God and sex in the same sentence? We are not sure if we should mention ... (
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by Phil Ware — Oct 6th, 2011
We are each given "One Tune" to sing with our life. God wants us to say to ourselves, "No one else can sing this tune quite like me!" A good friend ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 24th, 2011
You've probably seen the look before. I know I've seen the look before! There is a need in a church for someone to help in an important ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 15th, 2011
What should I wear to worship God? How's that for asking a provocative question right from the start! Depending on who is asked, you can get ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 9th, 2011
That Tuesday morning was supposed to be special. I got up a little early and headed to the HEB parking lot in northern Pflugerville. I was waiting for ... (
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by Phil Ware — Sep 3rd, 2011
We have lived with this phrase so long that it is almost as universally accepted as the law of gravity. Yet when we first heard it as kids, we thought it... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 27th, 2011
Wow! What an exciting time of year. Back to school excitement (and dread) abounds! Why would I throw in that "dread" parenthesis? Simple. A whole bunch of ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 19th, 2011
It's happened thousands of times this summer. A little kid sees a friend or older sibling jump off the high dive and wants to try it. So he or she ... (
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by Phil Ware — Aug 4th, 2011
"Get away and get some rest!" You've heard people tell you that. I've heard people tell me that. But, I'm not a good "rester" or a good "get away" kind of ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 29th, 2011
Our team is back from Peru and our mission to The Community. It's a long, tiring trip and an exhausting, though exhilarating, week. Many of us... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 25th, 2011
Have you ever wondered about the emotions at Jesus' ascension back to God at the end of his ministry? I know that's a strange question, but ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 21st, 2011
Tonight, a bunch of tired people full of good food filed up three flights of stairs to trade right shoes with each other. Yep, you got it, a bit of a stinky ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 20th, 2011
I don't get it. I admit it. I just don't understand! I don't understand why some folks who never should be parents can have five bazillion kids and some of the best parents in the world can't ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 19th, 2011
The Lord's Day began early! Many of our group arrived at the hotel at 1:30 on Sunday morning -- 23 plus hours after they had gotten out of ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 17th, 2011
You've been "there," haven't you? You've accepted a job offer that requires a move that you believe is necessary, but you are not sure all that ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 15th, 2011
Jesus out-touched his talk. He spent time physically being tender with these children in addition to talking about them. In doing so, Jesus showed us ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 7th, 2011
Father.
Few words can evoke such powerful emotions from all directions -- joy, sorrow, anger, laughter, regret, longing, fear, security ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jul 1st, 2011
Have you ever caught yourself using religious language to justify something you've done? Listen to your reasons for things underneath your words and you may surprise yourself. I know I have... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 23rd, 2011
I recently learned that the song that received the most radio and TV play time in the twentieth century was the Righteous Brother's song, "You've Lost that ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 16th, 2011
"Doesn't anybody have to pay for what they have done?" That's a reaction I've gotten from a few folks about the parable we call "The Prodigal Son." Of course ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 11th, 2011
Isn't it amazing how quickly we can lose our way when we are on our own and think we are following the right path for ourselves? Years ago, ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 3rd, 2011
I've gone back a few times to look at the house where our kids did a lot of their growing up. However, I haven't gone by much lately, even though ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 26th, 2011
Part of me wishes I could have been alive and seen Jesus face-to-face in his earthly ministry. The idealistic part of me wonders what his miracles ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 20th, 2011
Jesus' words had to sting Mary's heart. They would have caught her without warning. She had come once earlier with her sons to rescue Jesus from ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 13th, 2011
Jesus' sweetness to his mother in the horror of this moment holds us here just like Mary's love for her boy held her here so ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 5th, 2011
Children are like wet cement." Moms know this often used description is true. You can do some shaping and molding, but it's never easy and ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 29th, 2011
Mary is astonished because there is one "little" problem: she is a virgin, from Galilee, pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph. Things like this ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 24th, 2011
Why were their ears and hearts so dull? Why could they not hear ... where was their trust ... why couldn't they anticipate ... where was their ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 21st, 2011
I know that this dramatic shift in loyalties seems impossible. I know that we'd like to think that we would never do that -- that in less than a week ... (
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by Phil Ware — Apr 3rd, 2011
15. Fifteen. XV. What's such a big deal about the number 15? Fifteen years ago today, we launched ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 25th, 2011
Nearly fifteen years ago, I wrote this short little article. To be honest, I thought Tiger Woods would have eclipsed ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 17th, 2011
Spring is in the air where I live in West Texas. This is our pretty time of the year -- grass turns green, flowers ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 11th, 2011
On Sunday, January 8, 1995, five young men landed on a sand bar on a largely unknown river in Ecuador. They were trying ... (
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by Phil Ware — Mar 4th, 2011
The little girl smiled broadly and waved her little hand. Her adoptive father held her and talked about how she was a great blessing to their ... (
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