full speed into whatever – it’s a rush!
one hand on the wheel, roof open, hanging my head out of the window, and feeling the breeze.
Category: The Life That Truly is Life
Be Excellent to One Another #GoodFriday
The goodness that Good Friday makes possible is foundational to practical Christianity. If we are not excellent to each other, then Christ is not alive in us.
Fresh air, mountain views, and the presence of God
God, I’ve heard tell, keeps a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. Yesterday God must have been out hiking too, because we met right there at the top of Mt. Jefferson.
God call us to be extraordinary in regular life
God’s call for me – for all of us – is to be extraordinary in the middle of the ordinariness that is regular, routine, run-of-the-mill life. Only, with Jesus, life is nowhere near boring and absolutely bursting with possibility.
Today is “The 12th day of Christmas” – what are you doing with The Gift?
Instead of shoving the Lord into a box and consigning him to eleven months in the attic, John suggested putting Jesus on the windowsill where he can look out into the world he came to save.
“Grace Upon Grace” – Rebekah & Derek’s 2017 Christmas newsletter (and the year in photos)
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a
“Give Thanks, With a Grateful Heart”
So today I’m grateful to Wake Forest Presbyterian Church for inviting us to live here in The Tar Heel State. And I am grateful to God, not only for encouraging Rebekah to say “yes”, but for so ordering our lives and with such mercy and grace.
how to handle religious bigots
We don’t go to church and live the life of a disciple in order to get to heaven, and we certainly don’t have to go to “the right” church to experience salvation! Church is where we gather to celebrate what Jesus has done, it’s where we encourage one another to walk with Jesus more closely, it’s where we practice Koinonia, and it’s where we pool our resources in order to serve God in the world.
life, by definition, always moves forward
Vitality is this balance (not always delicate) between birth and burial, falling leaves and emerging new buds, plenty and want, planting and harvesting, admiring the fruit and returning it to the soil, rocking chairs in nurseries and rocking chairs on front porches, gaining a foothold – and then letting go.
Making a Habit of Celebration
At the heart of this spiritual practice we must be prepared to pause every so often, take a deep refreshing breath of attention, and then simply respond to God’s goodness with a smile, or a prayer, or a fist-pump, or maybe even a small dance of joy.
