Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.
03657 – Where God Is
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03646 – Colonizing vs. Evangelizing
The moment we believe we are superior to another, possess a special knowledge of God that others cannot without us, or insist that a life outside of our beliefs and community is futile, we are not evangelizing, we are colonizing.
03637 – I Am Somebody!
While Christians espouse the view that we are all God’s children, too often we point to those who have gifts or talents we value. Saying that everyone is somebody is not comparable to giving everyone a trophy for merely existing but treating everyone as valuable...
03630 – Show Up!
I've learned, over many years, that church isn't about order or quiet or even ritual so much as it is about showing up. For yourself, for God, and for the people around you who need to feel--just as you do--that the blessings and burdens of being a human are not...
03629 – Shouting Blurs God’s Image
People who are shouting at each other are incapable of seeing the image of God in one another.
03623 – Allowing Grace to Govern our Opinions
I pray we Christians will allow grace to govern the opinions we are willing to extend to others rather than allow our opinions of others to govern the grace we are willing to extend. For God is always actively trying to include those who we are actively trying to...
03620 – Preachers & Politics
Preachers don't get to stay out of politics. We are either chaplains of empire or prophets of God.
03617 – The Bridge from God to Us
But the bridge that crosses the great gulf runs from God to us, never from us to God. We do not travel through the cross to find God; instead, God has traveled through the cross to find us. The significance of this distinction is great. from Yearning: Living Between...
03606 – An Unchanging God
Here is a foundation that you can build your life on that will never fail. The God who always endures and is always the same can establish your life securely and that of generations to come. In a changing world, it is a wonderful thing to know an unchanging God. from...
03604 – Taking our Lead from Jesus
Not everything that was done in the Bible has a universal, timeless, or useful application. What is a timeless principle is that both men and women should be taking their lead from Jesus. We should be emulating his character, and displaying and using the fruit and...