Jesus: from “the Divine Reason” to personal savior; from Logos to friend
Jesus is a huge, all-encompassing, cosmic idea
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There is no other story: (8 manger scenes – one act of humility and vulnerability)
They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished… – Luke 2 Today’s Advent focus is “Manger”. We…
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it may take a village… but that village needs a great church too
What's happening is life. Raw, contagious, authentic, fresh, unfiltered, vital, abundant, spilling over, dynamic...
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7 smiles from the children plus one gem from Jesus
Don't just smile at the photos of the children. Look at yourself and your concerns and worries and take a clue from Jesus
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Like it or not, Church is a critical element of Christian Faith
From [Jesus] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. – Ephesians 4:16 It’s interesting how my writing seems to have fallen into a pattern, reflecting what I am learning from day to day and how insight comes so clearly through the…
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I’m dreaming of a “festive, quirky, faith-filled” Christmas…
filtered through the lens of God's spectacular initiative of love and grace in Jesus.
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no great distance from Wake Forest to Bethlehem…
...to capture something of the light and promise that first infiltrated this world two-thousand years ago when heaven came down and glory spilled into the human experience
on respecting the scriptures enough to “search them” with care…
It's a tree falling in the forest thing - a message is not actually communicated until someone has received it.
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C.S. Lewis, and why Jesus teaches love over religious rule-keeping
a liberating thread of thoughtfulness in a society where were are so quick to judge one another without regard to heart
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asking God some hard questions…
Just like Jesus looked at the disciples and said, "You feed them!" in yesterday's post, today Jesus is looking at his followers today, and saying, "You take care of them.
