Jun 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
If God were a shape, I bet God would be round. Like a squiggly chalk circle drawn by a small child. Or, maybe even a big lavender-colored bubble. Round and whole, without end, always expanding. Gaining ground. Consuming everything that is loveless. Reversing the...
Jun 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is lovable about Jesus is he’s undeterred. He mobilized people of all kinds in his God enterprise. He drew and affected crowds that organized religion couldn’t or wouldn’t. This caused people to want to “restrain” him. Even his family. We do that, don’t we? We...
Jun 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
God is a song that needs a choir, not just sections or soloists. The Christian needs the Jew, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist and the “spiritual but not religious.” We need the scientist, the agnostic and the atheist. Without a commitment to listen to each other...
May 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Imagine our homes and families where love is the way. Imagine our neighborhoods and communities where love is the way. Imagine our governments and nations where love is the way. Imagine business and commerce where this love is the way. Imagine...
May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s real resistance by individuals and the institutional church to engage friends and strangers with what we call, “the good news of Jesus Christ.” Sure, many preachers preach it and many worshippers nod but, quietly we know and accept no progress will be made....
May 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
The story of Moses is really a story of four women. Shiphrah and Puah were midwives that defied the evil decree of Pharaoh and showed us motherhood as advocacy. Though their own children weren’t in harm’s way, they advocated for the safety of all children. Then...
May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
We are “chosen” by God—chosen to understand that faith is more than a function of cognition or will power. Being chosen starts with the heart of God and means God is deliberate with a definite outcome in mind. It means down in a place we can’t explain or control, we...
Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“There is no fear in love,” says the bible. Which means, Freud is wrong when he says, “…religion is simply an illusion that offers consolation.” Love casts out fear because, “…religiously serious people do not seek and do not find consolation in their faith....
Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
There’s so much that’s good about Jesus! Because of him, in no way, am I allowed to see myself as an ultimate waste of space. Through him, I gain a perspective that everything around me is valuable…that everything is really gift. By his example, we understand...
Apr 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
What we believe is on display when we worship. When we worship, we use 4 pieces of Scripture. Though it’s a complicated thing, we believe God speaks through the Bible! Will Willimon says, “A congregation is Christian to the degree that it is confronted by and attempts...
