The Practical Pursuit of the Wrong Things
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” – Stephen Covey
The Love of a Savior
Experiencing God’s love in Jesus Christ means experiencing that one has been unreservedly accepted, approved, infinitely loved, that one can and should accept one’s self and one’s neighbor.” – Walter Kasper
Transparency
“Without the purpose and work of Christ using me for his purpose, my contribution to this world would be an asphalt driveway in front of our home and a thousand lost golf balls.” – T. S. Elliot What do we illuminate in our own existence? Who do we reflect? When we interact with others, what […]
the freedom of unity…
“Many Christians have gathered like ravens around the carcass of cheap grace and there have drunk the poison which has killed the following of Christ.” – Dietrich Bonheoffer Society at large has made the individual at the focus of everything. Personal achievement, acquisition, status and acclaim bombard us around every corner. From shows like American […]
Some days are better than others…
“The early American Indians had a specific last rite of passage before a boy would become a man. On the night of his 13th birthday, after his testing though trials of hunting, fishing and scouting; he would be placed in the center of dense forest to spend the entire night alone. In the woods, thick […]
In the path of brokenness
“To embrace one’s brokenness, whatever it looks like, whatever has caused it, carries within it the possibility that one might come to embrace one’s healing.” – Robert Benson A consistent platform for politicians is to offer solutions which will fix what has gone awry in society. When these men and women are then afforded these […]
A Monopoly on Evil, a Republic of Peace
“If the fact of my adhering to laws does not further the goal of my life, which is to know Christ Jesus and live his gospel, then merely external conformity does little if anything.” – John McKenzie Culturally, we like to make war when it comes to what we believe. As a society we like […]
His heart for our survival
“The illusion of control is truly pathetic, but it is also hilarious. Deciding what I need most out of life, carefully calibrating my next move, and generally allowing my autonomous self to run amok inflates my sense importance and reduces the God of my incredible journey to the role of spectator from the sidelines.” – […]
Provision in jars of clay
“May all of your expectations be frustrated. May all of your plans be thwarted. May all of your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is Father, Son and Spirit.” – Larry Hein Intention, expectation and […]
The Subtle and the Soul
“When my thinking about God is correct, consistent and focused, I am, in some way, thinking correctly about everything else. When my thinking about God is incorrect, inconsistent or disjointed, I am thinking incorrectly about everything else in my life. More than anything else, I need a right view of God.” – Fil Anderson One […]