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Conclusions

I awoke this morning to a tweet by Peter Rollins that said, “A conclusion is the place you reach when you get tired of thinking”… What a way to start the morning! When we are tired of swimming in the unknown, wallowing in the pain, moving through the chaos, we find a way to “solve”Continue reading “Conclusions”

Extravagant Love

The prayer of the day for our service this past Sunday was: Creator God, you prepare a new way in the wilderness, and your grace waters our desert. Open our hearts to be transformed by the new thing you are doing, that our lives may proclaim the extravagance of your love given to all throughContinue reading “Extravagant Love”

comma, comma, where does it go???

In the 23rd chapter of the gospel of Luke Jesus is hung on the cross between 2 thieves. One of them say to Jesus, “remember me when you get into your kingdom.” And Jesus’ reply? See here is where we get ourselves into a little of a quandary. You see in the original Greek, there wereContinue reading “comma, comma, where does it go???”

Prodigal Son verses Loving Father

We all know the story of the prodigal son and how the son wants his inheritance, and when he gets it he goes off and squanders all his money on living… The 15th chapter of the gospel of Luke is about repentance. The story of the son is about him getting what he thought heContinue reading “Prodigal Son verses Loving Father”

Let’s get ready to Worship…

How many of you got up this morning and said to yourself or your family, “We need to get ready to go to church.”? How, may I ask, can you go someplace that is in existence where you are? The church is not a building where you go to have a service, or a buildingContinue reading “Let’s get ready to Worship…”

Do you have a clean desk?

A clean desk is the sign of completed work, of having all your ducks in a row… A clean desk is the sign that there is no more work to do, or a sign that we are ready to take on the world… My devotion for this morning included a thought on how the writerContinue reading “Do you have a clean desk?”

What do we show the world?

What is it the world sees when they think of or look for the Christian Church? Is it the boundless love we give? Is it the calm in the storm? Is it the grace that flows freely from the throne of God? Is it political fights and hypocritical people that see specks in spite ofContinue reading “What do we show the world?”

Lent – a journey of a lifetime

It is interesting to me, we put so much thought and time into what we are doing for Lent before Ash Wednesday. We think about what to give up or should we do something extra, a new discipline, to help us grow closer to God… How many of us though are still doing it? IContinue reading “Lent – a journey of a lifetime”

S.O.P.

What is the S.O.P.? Standard Operating Procedures. What are they for us? What is the standard that all of life is to hing upon and work from? Well that depends on your focus and where you come from. It could depend on your upbringing, or your training as a child/young adult. Where are you fromContinue reading “S.O.P.”

What is the Problem?

Ask my daughters, this is one of my favorite phrases! We always want to know what is wrong so we can fix it. If we know what the problem is than we can figure out a way to make the problem go away. This is really the way we work in society now. If somethingContinue reading “What is the Problem?”