Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
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Once I knew I was not magnificent
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live it is asking others to live as one wishes to live” ~ Oscar Wilde
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no certain place
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
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You [--Against--] You
How do you do what the rest of you does not want to do?
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“I See You”
Everyone around you wants to be seen and heard. They need someone to see them, not just the external but much more the internal. They want to be heard because they too have a voice.
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The Oldest Son
What do you believe about destiny? The notion that one’s life events are inevitable and predetermined.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln didn’t exchange in the economy of God because he placed himself under God and not the other way around.
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Share and Share Alike (part dos)
I think the gospel calls for us to go much deeper than not coveting. I believe it calls for us to share what we have.
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Share and Share Alike (part uno)
It began on her first birthday. Well, we more or less began introducing “sharing” with our daughter during her first birthday party. Surrounded by other children who naturally want the same toy, she began to hear “share”. Of course over…
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Conundrum
Did you know that Darwin’s faith was troubled by animal suffering? It was natural selection and the progression of species that caused him to craft his evolution theory and ultimately to renounce the Bible, God, and the Christian faith. I…
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Outsider, Really?
I have a tendency to make what I don’t believe/trust/accept the opposite of right. I’m not saying it’s wrong, just not right. I guess we all do this on some level. We don’t agree so we make it less than…
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Neither Friend nor Foe
So I know when a topic comes up in my life more than once in a few days I need to listen. The thought of God being on my side came up last weekend when I was watching…
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How One Rejects the Past
My wife recently shared with me that I routinely go through a cycle of change. A period I call transition but she relates to transformation. I know I’m in that season when I become unsocial. As of late I’ve felt…
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Perfection < Christian
Growing up I had an internal struggle to be perfect. Somehow I salvaged my lost self in the external illusion I was not as bad as the guy next to me. I got a lot…
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Word
Imagine you had no way of communicating with another. The problem isn’t that there is no way of communicating you just don’t know one existed. You have no way of expressing thought, you have no language. In Susan Schaller’s book…
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Harden Hearts?
For the New Year and reinforced for Lent, I’ve challenged myself to be a person who listens to the Spirit. That’s sounds corny, but since we began our lifestyle of living on mission as believers, leading a community of believers…
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Pentecostal Alternative
As I begin to write this blog I realize I may get some criticism. And I don’t wish to cause issue with anyone I’m simply using this space to voice what is playing out in my heart. My heart is…
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Tremendous Potential
Last year Summer and I began a journey towards being the church, instead of starting churches. I don’t recommend this journey to the weak believer, but I’m so happy we are here (not to say we’ve arrived, but present where…
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Twinkle of His Eye
In October our little community will have its first wedding. A special couple will be getting married after preparing for over two years. Summer and I will have the privilege of being apart of this celebration of two lives coming…
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When Your Wife Sticks It to You
About two years ago Summer (my wife) and I decided to quit building churches (not literally, but figuratively). We simply looked and found Jesus was very clear: He builds churches, we make disciples. I know what you’re thinking, “Churches make…
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Have It Your Way
A few weeks ago our community spent time going over our values: Faith, Love, and Hope. We feel these are the three deepest values of being the church. Of course, while studying love we read from 1 Corinthians 13.
This…
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A Desk by the Window
I actually feel very blessed to have my “tent-making” job by a window. I complain but honestly God is in the details of my circumstances, BUT I really wish I had my way. To have the luxury of supporting my…