AN EXERCISE IN TURNING LOOSE
Dallas Willard (1937-2013) professor and author wrote: “Giving is, among other things, an exercise in turning loose of what we have in our little “kingdom” […]
Journals
MAKING RIGHT DECISIONS
Making right decisions first comes from what is called Natural Law, which is innate to the human ability to know right and wrong. This ability […]
UNDER THE WINGS
Scripture says that Jesus looked out over Jerusalem and weeping said, ‘How I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her […]
THE VULNERABLE CHRIST
We have the need to accept and constantly renew within ourselves that the basic secret of our mission is to keep the vulnerable Christ vulnerable […]
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’ […]
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 […]