Today is Ascension Day! What a wonderful time of the year. It has been 40 days since Easter and in 10 more days will be Pentecost… But now we live in the in between. Jesus has gone, ascended to the Father, and the Spirit has yet to come, as Pentecost is still 10 more days.Continue reading “The in-between…”
Category Archives: Discipleship
Empty me…
A simple prayer from my devotion this morning that speaks volumes… “Empty me, God, of all my tendencies to elevate myself ad draw attention to myself. Quite simply, I want to be like You!”
I am caught on the blue apple
One of my professors from seminary preached at a classmates wedding and had a blue apple. This blue apple is the long sought after treasure, you search and search and once you find it, put it away for no one to see, and so it does not get damaged. And that is what we as Christians do…Continue reading “I am caught on the blue apple”
God’s timing…
Have you ever felt like you needed to be doing something for God, but it is not clear what or how. Or maybe you know what it is, and for some reason the time, or the material, or the know how to do this thing you know God has called you to is just notContinue reading “God’s timing…”
Facebook | Videos Posted by Todd Zielinski: Shallow Theology, Shallow Love – May 2, 2010
Facebook | Videos Posted by Todd Zielinski: Shallow Theology, Shallow Love – May 2, 2010. Great message on this past weeks lectionary… Thank you Todd for opening yourself up to posting this for the edification of all!
LutheranCORE – Theological Implications of the 2009 ELCA Decisions
LutheranCORE – Theological Implications of the 2009 ELCA Decisions. Again I thought this article was interesting, some good points, some questions raised…
The Core of Lutheran CORE American Civil Religion and White Male Backlash – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Core of Lutheran CORE American Civil Religion and White Male Backlash – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I thought this article was interesting, some good points, some questions raised…
You are more
I was driving into work this morning listening to KSBJ out of Houston… and Tenth Avenue North was on. They played a song live that is coming out on their next album, the song is called You Are More. What a wonderful way to start off the day! Here is a link to a videoContinue reading “You are more”
Infographic on How Americans Spend Their Time in Blogs | The Life – Zetify
Infographic on How Americans Spend Their Time in Blogs | The Life – Zetify. Interesting thoughts on how we use our time. The pretty picture says .21 hours a day on Religious Activities. That is 12.6 minutes, and that is average. So most of the Christians in the America (where statistics are from) spend lessContinue reading “Infographic on How Americans Spend Their Time in Blogs | The Life – Zetify”
Heaven ~ What is it?
Here is a quote from a review of Lisa Miller’s book Heaven from Slate magazine columnist Johann Hari. I found it looking for stuff on heaven. I found it to be very interesting… “InHeaven, Newsweek‘s religion correspondent, Lisa Miller, has written a fascinating millenniums-long history of the idea of heaven, spliced with some surprisingly mediocreContinue reading “Heaven ~ What is it?”