Featured: The dissolution of a dream ...
A big, beautiful spider has set up her home outside my kitchen window. I have grown attached to her presence and greet her each morning, watching her work or sleep while I take my first few sips of coffee. For those who hate spiders, I see you. But she is where she belongs (outside) and […]
“We cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God – which is another way of saying that all our seeking will fall short unless God starts and finishes the search. The decisive part of our seeking is not our human ascent to God, but his descent […]
Thinking a lot about gratitude these days … Some mornings I am just undone with how much I have to be thankful for. It almost hurts sometimes. Do you know what I mean? So, I thank God. I try to keep an attitude of gratefulness going all day. Reminds me of this bit of wisdom: […]
“Perhaps the most central characteristic of authentic leadership is the relinquishing of the impulse to dominate others.” (David Cooper, Psychiatry and Anti-Psychiatry)
Doing some reading for our Way of Life class tomorrow, and stumbled on Anne Lamott’s definition of grace: “It is unearned love – the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It’s the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered […]
Because it's my blog ... I can post this. Please, no matter what your theological views, read it ... http://rachelheldevans.com/blog/parents-lgbt It feels a bit like it ties in with my posting of the Barna survey on how many Christians follow the teachings of the Pharisees over the teachings of Jesus. Again, I am not saying […]
This study is disheartening. I have been wanting to teach an entire series on the Pharisees for some time. Perhaps the time is now. Better yet, let me first rid myself of all Pharisaical tendencies .... https://www.barna.org/barna-update/faith-spirituality/611-christians-more-like-jesus-or-pharisees#.VKr7ZT_na00
