May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Leadership is important, but so is following. Maybe more important. We struggle with the idea of following either because of arrogance or lack of faith. Jesus marveled at a soldier he met that had overcome both. He marveled at how profoundly the soldier connected...
May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
We hear or read “Breaking News” regularly. Usually those words are followed by details of tragedy, scandal or the inelegant words of a public figure. Here’s some real breaking news: “While we were without strength, in due time Christ died...
May 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
James Baldwin wrote “The Fire Next Time,” a book based on a Bible verse and a song. “God gave Noah the rainbow for a sign, “No more water, the fire next time.” The book and the song imagine a cleansing fire that finally rights wrongs and...
May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
What did Jesus pray for? He prayed we would be complete. Complete, like not knowing where God ends and we begin. Complete like, “abide in me and I in you.” Complete, like our sins are an opportunity for God’s celebrity. Complete like, God-reliance...
