I have to be honest, I had a different plan for this post. I had wanted to share about common sense and how I so often see it missing in our world – both far away and closer to home. But, I heard a story this morning that has since[…]
Joy-less…
It’s always a bit difficult for me to talk about joy. It’s not because I’m against it, but because when I do I feel like I’m taking advantage of my very obvious connection to the word. Joy, the person, and I have been married for over 13 years. One of[…]
Living Theology
I’m a music kinda guy. I guess it’s due to growing up in a very musical church and family. Early on I was introduced to all kinds of different styles and genres of music. Add to that singing in choirs, ensembles and playing in the band and what you have[…]
The Push
I had a conversation this past week with some other followers of Jesus and we were sharing about a concern we had about some folks both in and out of our church. Now, I’ve been in conversations like these before, as I’m sure most of us have been, and sadly[…]
Rounded Edges
When I was a growing up, my family would take these epic 2-3 week long family vacations to upstate New York. This was my gramma’s home town area and for 3 days as we drove up from Florida, we’d think of all the family we would see and all the[…]
Being wet…
I read this quote this week: “help me to receive again my baptism, to live wet every day of my life, as a child of your covenant, set apart, scrubbed clean, & forgiven.” I’ve been thinking a lot about the journey of faith and this thing we call “Christianity”. According[…]
Samson and the Spirit
I had planned to teach on the life of Samson this sunday, but I’m redirecting my thoughts on the lives of Saul and David. It’s quite a switch, I know. I’m hoping to look at both of these men’s interaction with Spirit of God and how they interacted with the[…]
The “me” that dies…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually does for humanity. It seems that each time I start letting this event permeate my thoughts something starts to just buzz with in me. Last evening, I was trying to wind down from a pretty busy[…]
Doubt: Evil in the world and God, doubt, questions, worry, evil
For 3 weeks now, our world has had a front row seat for a horrendous event – the earthquake of Japan has become a rallying cry for humankind. There are millions of different voices all screaming for some hope in the midst of such a tragedy. Some use humor as[…]
What if…
“What if, today, we decided to take up Jesus on his offer to live Kingdom Lives? What if everyone did that?” I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of the Kingdom coming to earth as it in Heaven. As I read Jesus’ words and life, I’m continually convinced that[…]