Editorial Spring 2006
Photo by Shirley Cloud, Cloud Suffolks, Salem Oregon. 2006
Welcome to Spring! The season of new beginnings: trees blossom, flowers bloom, living plants come alive with glorious colors. Baby animals are born throughout nature...the sign of fresh starts around the world. His Praise Online is a fresh start as well. Formerly simply "Praise Magazine", we have changed format slightly and will be focusing primarily on the arts -- God's creative giftings to and through people. There are many "Praise Magazines" on the internet, but only one dedicated revelation of God through the arts.
The arts can speak to us in ways that mere words and preaching cannot. In actuality, preaching often turns away the very people who need to know the Savior most. But through poetry, art, and the beauty of a picture or poem simply put, often the hardest among us must admit truth. Beauty can speak for itself.
Jesus said that if we won't praise His Name, then the rocks and stones will cry out: and they already do. Write a poem from your heart, take a picture of something special, look for ways to speak simple truth in the words of a poem, or give a teaching that shows revelation and the prophetic release of God's power. If you want to preach, send an editorial to us and we'll check it out. But we're here to lift up the Lord, not crack the heads of those who don't know Him. If He is lifted up, He will draw all men to Himself. Seek His Face for the fresh breath of the Holy Spirit to the earth, and join us to bring forth new life!