Do everything without grumbling and arguing so that you may be blameless and pure, innocent children of God surrounded by people who are crooked and corrupt. Among these people you shine like stars in the world because you hold on to the word of life. This will allow me to say on the day of Christ that…
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Among these people you shine like stars in the world – because you hold on to the word of life. Philippians 2:15-16 Photo Friday is here again! But I have not – despite my plan to return to the church rose garden – taken many pictures at all over the past few days. My life…
evangelism is simply about lighting the way for others
Note: This is a re-framing and reimagining of the post I took down earlier this morning. It’s the same idea (the importance of communicating good news) but the focus the first time around was too negative and – in consequence – at odds with my central thesis. My apologies if you stumbled across the earlier…
our calling is not so much to be right as it is to be faithful
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are you thirsty for some fresh air?
And what is our mission, as followers of the Living Way? It is to shine with integrity, to hold out the word of life in an offering of promise, and to invite people to Bethlehem, to meet the Christ, and to know what it is to be loved without reservation, or prejudice, or restriction.
This earth is a wild and marvelous place, a biosphere that we cannot control. However, God still charged humankind with the responsibility to manage it lovingly, carefully, and respectfully.
Summer may be over, and the fall colors may still be a few weeks away, but this is still a beautiful time of the year here in Wake Forest. Somehow, despite the constrictions of time and my limitations as a gardener, stuff keeps growing, and the woods and plantings around our home own an indomitable…
Jesus set into motion the possibility for humanity to move beyond the soul-crushing limitations of egocentricity and self-interest,
