Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
We are God’s harvest made for God’s harvest. God’s people with a heart for God’s people everywhere. The Church was breathed into existence to increase God’s harvest. But, “…laborers are few.” Scarce laborers have caused a backlog of abundance in the world....
Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Following Jesus is to “Go.” We “Go” with Jesus not as naive do good-ers or bleeding hearts. We “Go” because of God’s power revealed to us in Jesus. We “Go therefore.” Because we have seen and tasted, we worship. Having worshipped, we “Go” into the world with an odd,...
Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Real spirituality is being a real human being. Jesus taught open-arms living not spiritual contortions. Jesus and Spirit guide us to true volition–an invitation to choose God. Really. The positive consequence of choosing God is fear gets overcome with trust, and...
May 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Ah… the moon belongs to everyone, the best things in life they’re free. Stars belong to everyone, they gleam there for you and for me. The flowers in Spring the robins that sing…the sunbeams that shine, they’re yours and they’re mine. Love can come to...
May 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
We walk by faith! Yet, a life of faith produces knowing. From tradition and experiences we develop a character sketch of God. God discovered through faith guides our belief in God for tomorrow. There’s a knowing. On a walk, Paul noticed a memorial to an “unknown” god....
May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Psalms are poetry. The words come from ordinary people’s experiences of God. They imagine God for and with the community of faith. The Psalms sustain and supercharge hope in God. They urge us to seek and know God for ourselves. They share, we are reminded, and our...
May 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
The baptized pledge to, “…continue in the apostles teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayers.” The big four! Each shapes our community. Each needs the other for depth. Notice, fellowship is bookended by the apostles’ teaching and the...
Apr 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most folks have a God story. Most are reluctant to tell theirs for fear of seeming weak-minded or childish. Yet, we have them. The Resurrection of Jesus is a God story. It will never be more than that. It will always shake hands with doubt. Still, that God did the...
Apr 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
After Jesus is raised, he attacks locked doors and fear with peace. His friends hid behind locked doors. “…they were locked because of fear.” If Christ is Risen in us, then the locked doors we hide behind will be unlocking. Great faith and fear...
Apr 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Easter is like our annual spiritual checkup. A check-in. God is radically active in the world, even athletic: Healing. Unbinding. Defying logic. Of that there is no doubt. The question lies with us. Is our heart still supple? Is our imagination still limber like when...
