Tag: Jesus
There’s No Such Thing As A Great Idea…
When I was in high school, a friend of mine was gifted a fully-restored 1965 Mustang GT coupe as his first car. It was beatiful. Bright red. Bullit rims. Working ORIGINAL A/C. From the moment I rode it in, I wanted one. It took many years, but in 2000 I purchased my very own (and… Read More ›
How to Go Back to Church – Part 2
After writing part 1 of “How to Go Back to Church” (you can read that here), I was eager to write part 2. I had the post ready to publish, then life happened. I found myself in not one, but two discussions with people who are just done with the whole church thing. “I’ve changed. I no… Read More ›
How to Go Back to Church – part 1
So, it’s happened. Whatever IT is, you have dropped out. Why? You have your reasons. And while some people may simply be habitual quitters, maybe you are not. You have had something go wrong in the ONE place where it should not: God’s house. The “safe,” “welcoming, “accepting (no matter who you are)” place turned… Read More ›
Vision Check
When I was 18, I discovered I did not have good eyesight. I had not known that before. Sure, I strained to see the blackboard if I was in the back of a classroom. But who didn’t? (or so I assumed). I got by just fine. I enjoyed spectacular views. I appreciated the beauty of… Read More ›
What are you waiting for?
What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for… Read More ›
Easter Service?
As a kid, I remember Easter being one of the two Sundays a year that my dad went to church. In fact, looking around the sanctuary, I probably was not the only kid who appreciated this occurrence involving their own fathers. Year after year, the Easter service filled up with face after face of people I… Read More ›
200
One of my favorite movies is “300.” Though they faced certain defeat, 300 Spartan warriors helped block the Persians’ advance on Athens in 480 B.C. Though the movie is sensationalized, the story is true. 300 men took a stand against an army that possibly numbered in the hundreds of thousands. And though they could not… Read More ›
Follow Jesus?
I was an early adopter of Twitter back when MySpace was dying. Yeah, I know… I’m old. It was so cool back before everyone knew about it. I could follow people; they could follow me (and, alas, they could “unfollow” me, too). I could read about when people were at the movies or when they… Read More ›
Our Greatest Sin…
Our greatest sin is simple: WE DO NOT BELIEVE. Oh, sure…we say we do. We desperately WANT to. We can remember the moment where we made a decision TO believe. And we may believe enough – to pray, to hope, and to find comfort when things get rough. We may believe enough to go to church or open our… Read More ›
The Heart of Community
Community. That word sits parked at the middle of many church titles. “******* Community Church.” In the 90s, this word became a part of church culture. Everybody wanted it. Everybody claimed it in their titles. It’s non-denominational “vibe” replaced words like Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist on their church signs. Community was THE buzz word…. Read More ›
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