I have a concern.
It’s about people. Where they are headed. That people think they are leaving “church” when really, they are unplugging from fellowship. Thinking that is the answer.
You and me. We are the church. How can we leave? Oh, we can leave fellowship. But how do you take communion, declaring we are one… and then walk away? Continue reading Have We Missed It?
I have always been a dreamer, often finding it difficult to separate the dream from the reality. Let me be real when I say, that dreams may well be a reality in another dimension, that ignite in our minds of this one.
If that causes you to check out so be it. But as you read thrugh the dreams of the Old Testament, where God came upon someone rather than being on the inside, if he were to reach you in a dream, it was from His realm and not yours. I get that He can reach you wherever He wants, but keep in mind you and I deal from a New Covenant reality. We do not understand what it was like then. We can “imagine” but that’s the end of the line for us. Continue reading A Series Of Dreams Indicating Change
I love to write. Yet, I allowed a circumstance or two, to take me off my game in the area of life this past year or so.
Life can do that. Continue reading Action or Reaction – 2 Ways We Approach Life
Last night I met with a group of youth. One of the topics was commitment. The reason it came up, was because when you are working with young people, they often are having their times dictated by their home life. Single parenting, weekends with another parent, etc.. There is nothing terrible about it, other than the fact it is often hard on the families. And it makes things related to children difficult sometimes.
So, the question came up as we establish the youth group, as to what did the young people think about those who only “show” up for the “Fun Friday” every second month. The answers and thought process were interesting. Continue reading Am I Committed?
We are in trying times. Divisive times. Perhaps this is one of the greatest times for mercy to arise in the body of Christ.
James 2:13 (ESV) For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
But in the midst of all of this, those that ought to be most merciful, seem to be the most judgmental. So much so that I was sharing with my wife, Tina, how punitive so many were. Continue reading Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Over the years I have given careful consideration and observation to “living outside the lines”.
Imagine driving down the road and crossing over the line into oncoming traffic only to cause injury to one’s self.
Yet, too often we attempt to nudge the edge of our knowledge of God’s goodness, armed with the fact that “He loves me” and will never leave me nor forsake me. Continue reading Outside The Lines
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. MLK
A Thursday night. I had just come in for dinner. The table was set. The food was coming out. My dad was just walking away from the TV news. Walter Cronkite was just winding down when he received word of King’s wounding. Flustered he read the news but then a commercial break and it was only later that an anonymous voice announced his death. Continue reading An Apostle Of Non-Violence
I grew up in a generation of turmoil. But our turmoil seemed to have a respect factor, even in disagreement. I was a child of the 60’s and if you see some of my shirts you know that hasn’t changed all that much!
We were seeking something. Anything. Continue reading Mourning In The Morning
The old man (He was over 90.) walked through the door of my store. He was dragging 3 Blue Seal bags. (I could hear plastic hitting plastic.) He walked over to my back area.
“I told you I would show you some of my collection,” he said.
He began to show me the small boxes of gold nuggets and spun gold. Continue reading The Kingdom Is A Goldmine
