A number of years ago I went to a prayer meeting at the church I was attending at the time. While the meeting was open, it was primarily attended by the leaders of the church (including both staff and lay leaders). The monthly event typically saw probably 100-200 people in attendance. This particular night, one
Category: Christian Living
Palm Sunday and Easter: Living A Transformed Life
(Note: After having written this and gone back and reviewed it, I realize that it feels that once again I have not communicated as clearly as I wish. One recognized problem is that I am attempting not to make a single point, but a series of related points. Basically what I’m getting at is this:
Church Recap
For those who are interested, this past week in our house church we looked at two blogs. The first one, “poultrygeist”, encourages us to not think that we can’t serve God because of some limiting factor in our lives. The second article (“Have You Heard?”) is great for starting discussions and making us think about
Forgiveness
Forgiveness… does not mean that an offense didn’t matter is not ignoring an offense does not require the offender’s request nor repentance is not a one time act does not mean there aren’t consequences does not minimize an offense does not exaggerate an offense is choosing not to hold an offense against another (though choices
Rethinking Church
(Note: I have written the following post in response to comments shared on this post.) I once heard it said that every generation needs their own reformation. The idea is that we never quite get it all right, so we need to keep improving rather than thinking we’ve got it made. You are correct in
Conflict and Confrontation
I think I’ve blogged along these lines before, but it doesn’t hurt to revisit. A while ago, some things that someone was doing were annoying me. I thought about this a bit and recognized a couple of things. Usually when this happens, the natural reaction is to start acting like a jerk towards the person
Blog Link
I just recently discovered a great writer. Reading through his blog, I wanted to share nearly every one. Here are some quotes to whet your appetite: “God called. He wants his church back.” “Instead of being ‘In the World, but not of it’ we have become the Church who is ‘Of the world, but [not]
Our Role in God’s Work
In follow up to my blog of a couple of days ago, I was indirectly reminded by my friend Pam that in the Christian belief system, it seems that God wishes to work through people, using them instead of just performing outright miracles in everyone’s lives. That got me to thinking though, if God lets
Experience as Proof?
I heard a guy speak recently. He asked people to describe the Christian life. Somewhat to my surprise, people used words such as struggle, tough, and battle. I thought these adjectives were going in the right direction. I think about stories considered Christian classics, such as Pilgrims Progress and Hind’s Feet on High Places, also
Whose Response? (Part 1)
Recently I was in conversation where the question was posed, “Is it wrong that we’re happy that Saddam was killed?” I think this is a valid question worth addressing. However, in order to discuss it, there is one other question that needs addressed first. This article will cover this preliminary question, while I will address