Never forget the ones who saw you at your lowest point, and instead of offering judgment and distance, they extended presence and grace--those are your people.
03764 – Never Forget!
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03735 – I Go in Pilgrimage
I go in pilgrimageAcross an old fenced boundaryTo wildness without ageWhere, in their long dominion,The trees have been left free.They call the soil here “Eden”; slants and steepsHard to stand straight uponEven without a burden.No more a perfect garden,There’s an...
03708 – Divine Diversity
God has two binary commands. 1) Love God 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. Two commands that encompass and encapsulate all. Not three, not five, not ten. Two binary commands. Yet, many Christians have added so much to these binary commands. Conditions, hate,...
03683 – Real Grace
Real grace makes everybody angry...unless you are the recipient.
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...
03584 – Worldly Honors
All worldly honors are nothing but the smoke and fire of burning straw. All that remains is the little good that we have done, if we have managed to make the most of the grace which our good Lord has given us at every instant of our lives.
03573 – Resisting Grace
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.
03567 – If I Go…
Right now, there are people literally considering leaving their homes to gather with others for worship, wondering: -If I go, can I stand or sit in that area of the sanctuary where we sat together for 18 years before his passing without sobbing so loud I'll distract...
03554 – Have We Lost our Ability?
It may be that we have lost our ability to hold a blazing coal, to move unfettered through time, to walk on water, because we have been taught that such things have to be earned; we should deserve them; we must be qualified. We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid...
03483 – Orthodoxy vs. Orthopraxy
Religion without the Spirit, without authentic spirituality, basically becomes a way to give divine sanction/endorsement/legitimization to our biases and prejudices and it becomes a way to maintain the status quo. It also becomes a means of exerting control over...