STARTING OVER
Every year about this time many folks decide to start over with habits and behaviors that are better than last year’s. This usually involves eating […]
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NOTHING FOR THE JOURNEY
The instruction to the Twelve before departing on their mission was ‘to take nothing for the journey, neither bread bag or money nor begging sack; […]
LIVING THE NEW LIFE
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of […]
INNER LIFE OF THE SPIRIT
The way of unity and ‘peace on earth’ is extricable and tied and linked to seeing the inner, or the second level of life. In […]
WHAT WE ARE DESIGNED FOR
Recently while re-reading ‘Meditations’ by Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher, I saw this in Book 9 Number 42: “What else do […]
ANOTHER JESUS
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the Corinthian church with a deeply disturbed heart when he said: “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the […]
DEALING WITH WITCHCRAFT
Ray Stedman (1917-1972) author and pastor of Peninsula Bible Church for 40 years wrote: “The major problem in Ephesus was that it was a center […]
JOY TO THE WORLD
Joy to the world, the Lord is comeLet Earth receive her KingLet every heart prepare Him roomAnd Heaven and nature singAnd Heaven and nature singAnd […]
BECOMING THE STORY
Continuing yesterday’s entry is the necessity of entering the story and becoming the story as we read scripture and other biblical based narratives. It is […]