Faith at the Speed of Life – “Be Instant”
the story of faith is seldom told in test-tube conditions. But we must tell it all the same. We have to be ready.
Faith, promise and love – because Christmas simply doesn’t work on tradition alone
Christmas simply does not work on tradition or nostalgia alone. The joy comes from Jesus, and so does the love.
bios, zōē, micro-possibilities, and spiritual savants
we are God's children, and God wants to saturate who we are with the Jesus quality of love, and light, and promise, and peace.
Life is beautiful (and difficult, and wonderful, and hard…)
Life remains a study in contradictions. Life is good, it is difficult, it is hard, it is rewarding, it is challenging, it is inspiring, it is defeating, it is wonderful, it is frustrating, it is satisfying... it is all of these things and often at the same time.
if faith isn’t a challenge then it’s likely not God
if it wasn't this difficult, this rich, this challenging, this meaningful, this important... then it wouldn't be God I was contemplating.
The”bad-attitude” Elf, and the Faith of Children…
Maybe it really is true that the younger children are, the closer they are to remembering - that they have a history with God (that we all have a history), a story we easily forget in this terrestrial plane, and that so much of faith is really about remembering...
we plant, and we water – but it is God who gives the growth
"I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God…
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fear, terrorism, and security #Brussels
"My dear brothers and sisters, don’t be fooled about this. Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from…
“I can do all things…” #winning
For nothing will be impossible with God. - Luke 1:37 My Saturday morning Bible study has just launched an ongoing study based on Norman Vincent Peale’s classic text,…
“Anything is possible if a person believes!”
"Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then…
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