Christ’s invitation is to live in the power and the love and the light of the Risen Jesus
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Reflections on Dark Friday – does our faithfulness honor Christ’s sacrifice?
this is a day that calls for some response in terms of our own personal walk with God.
Dare we ride into Jerusalem to challenge the status quo?
Palm Sunday is an invitation to let Jesus subvert the status quo!
“doing” church – because worship must be connected to mission
Rebekah and I truly are in a remarkable church; it’s a place where so many people live as intentional disciples, worshiping, learning, serving, and reaching out in mission.
all this and more – living gratefully #5-Photo-Friday
birthday and good food and golf and grandchildren and more…
Such a Beautiful Witness to Life and Promise #YouthSunday #Stronger
Yes, these young people are beautiful. The girls and the boys, the young women and the young men. Each one of theme shines with the kind of light this world needs to see.
What does Jesus mean when he says “be perfect”?
When Jesus points out that we are to be perfect he’s not suggesting that we’re not good enough for God if we make any mistakes…
Baptizing the Communion Table #Five-Photo-Friday
Isn’t that the point of the bread and the wine, that the symbols of Christ’s death are necessarily messy, getting all over everything, not containable in a cup, or a ceremony, or a church, or a denomination – maybe not even a doctrine if it is too narrowly conceived?
Lent: when faith needs to do more than merely make sense…
Ash Wednesday and our journey to Jerusalem through the season of Lent can help us to be more consciously tuned to the mystery and the deeper spiritual nuances of faith in Jesus.
Jesus, my amygdala, and Emeril Lagasse
In the practice of faith… we don’t always “do good works” because we can’t help ourselves
