Category Archives: Missional Community

Can we Love ~ Tom Booth

This is a wonderful song that gets directly to the point of this weeks lectionary readings. I wonder if any of really get it… Can We Love. Can we love? Can we lay down our lives? Can we wear His crown of thorns? Can we drink the cup that He drinks? We must lay downContinue reading “Can we Love ~ Tom Booth”

Kids write the darnedest things…

Received the below in an email and thought it needed to be shared… A Nun Grading Papers CAN YOU IMAGINE THE NUN SITTING AT HER DESK GRADING THESE PAPERS, ALL THE WHILE TRYING TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE AND MAINTAIN HER COMPOSURE! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVENContinue reading “Kids write the darnedest things…”

Jacob’s Porch needs your help to keep the light of Jesus shining…

Hello friends… Ministries all over are in need of financial assistance I know, but here is one in Ohio at Ohio State University that is doing wonderful ministry and touching the lives of students. They just found out last week that the funding they were receiving from The Southern Ohio Synod of the ELCA hasContinue reading “Jacob’s Porch needs your help to keep the light of Jesus shining…”

Carried…

I had a conversation today with a dear friend and he asked during the conversation, “Is it possible for a sinner to go to a sacrament?” Now take for a moment that my friend use to be Catholic… It is a very profound question. My immediate answer was no. The bible tells us that the holy andContinue reading “Carried…”

Prodigal God by Timothy Keller ~ Book Review

Timothy Keller does a supurb job of unlocking the understanding of the Christian faith through his look at a well known parable of Jesus. The Prodigal God looks at the parable told by Jesus in Chapter 15 of the gospel according to Luke.  It is a wonderful story that I have read many books onContinue reading “Prodigal God by Timothy Keller ~ Book Review”

Brokenhearted ~ Hurt ~ Yet Jesus can heal…

This was taken from a friends notes page of Facebook. I am fairly certain this article was written about me… I am fairly certain that there are few things as emotionally and/or Spiritually painful as having someone with whom you have lived and shared faith embracing and teaching things (in the name of tolerance andContinue reading “Brokenhearted ~ Hurt ~ Yet Jesus can heal…”

Review ~ The Church Creative ~ how to be a creative gathering in the 21st century by John O’Keefe

The church as a whole has been in a decline for quite some time.  It seems we are looking for the new program that will turn everything around. The cookie cutter that will make all of our gatherings be like they were in the ‘good old days’… But will we ever get back to thoseContinue reading “Review ~ The Church Creative ~ how to be a creative gathering in the 21st century by John O’Keefe”