DOING GOOD
Many of us in the American culture are filled and busy with getting goods and being right. With a life full of the ‘American dream’ […]
April 2021
GATHERINGS II
(See yesterday’s Journal entry for the first thoughts on this…) Basically, no spiritual gifts are required or needed for normal weekly Gatherings except for a […]
GATHERINGS
Most Christians devote dedicated time to a meeting with other Christians. During these meetings (they are called ‘worship services’) there is music, teaching, Sunday school […]
LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL
How much is true and how much is truth? We can benefit from both from the Desert Fathers. “Two of the brothers from a Desert […]
THE LIGHTHOUSE
There’s a lighthouse on the hillside that overlooks life’s sea.When I’m tossed it sends out a light that I might see.And the light that shines […]
MAKING THINGS RIGHT AGAIN
C S Lewis (1898-1963) wrote, “If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that […]
WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN’T
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) minister and civil rights activist said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out […]
HOW THE CHURCH GROWS
Chip M. Anderson, pastor, theologian and church planter wrote: “After spending a number of years reading primary sources and books on the early church and asking […]
APRIL AND OTHER FOOLS
“A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him, but the words of the wise keep them safe.” “Stay away from fools, for you won’t find […]