It’s not called politics, it’s called Good News. Jesus offends a lot of people with his call for justice and self-giving love.
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Building Community Around Good Food #APlaceAtTheTable
Food is a ministry initiative that meets people at the root of their foundational need – and that need is not only for nutrition but for authentic community too.
an open letter to the United Methodist Church #GraceUponGrace
So please do not forget that the only thing God cares about is the fact that you have accepted the invitation Jesus offers to come home
Jesus: keywords – humility, gentleness, patience, love
The only thing the Lord carried in his parade was a cross and the only person who went to hell that day was Jesus…
“and a little child will lead them” – well, she led me… #WalkThroughBethlehem
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; the calf and the young lion will feed together, and a little child will lead them. – Isaiah 11:6 Today I have a… Read More ›
what jingles your bells about Christmas? #TopTen
So what would make it onto your “Top Ten Things I Love About Christmas” list? What floats your boat about this time of the year? What do you consider indispensable? What jingles your bells?
legalism is easier than belief
Maybe our problem is that in order to believe in Jesus we have to stop believing in ourselves? Wasn’t that – isn’t that – the original sin? Believing in ourselves and walking right by the invitation Jesus so graciously extends?
what if we “clicked” on beauty and love, and let division and hatred die for lack of interest?
What if we turned the tables on hate by setting the table for love?
the deep meaning of communion is found in community, mercy, and grace…
The mystery, the deep spirituality of communion, comes not from the hands of the priest but from the hearts of the people.
The grace of Jesus is the alternative to the judgments of failed religion…
God’s view erases all of the petty, ill-fitting, bigoted, legalistic, reactive, “I know better than God”, hypercritical narrowness of what I like to call, “Lightly Christianized religiosity.”
