Lament: Neil Postman and A Culture of Distraction
We must learn again to weep before GOD…to stop looking to call down fire on a nation that is wandering in darkness. We can never forget that Judas was a Zealot and Peter did not build the early church until he was broken by his own pride before the loving face of Jesus. The only way forward is a journey of lament…
Reclaiming the Temple: Ponderings
So, I have many things floating around in my mind. Many things I need to sort through. Sweet food is my way to de-stress. So I wonder; is that wrong to use food in this way? I don’t think it is. I believe that God created food to be much more than fuel…
Behold Your King: A Christmas Greeting
Let us remember that GOD’s purposes can be birthed in us as we too go low, go small, and labor as He leads us – we need only to be willing vessels. Peace to you this Christmas from our family to yours…
Living Beyond A Culture of Fear
Jaques Ellul said: “The more security and guarantees we want against things, the less free we are. Tyrants are not to be feared today, but our own frantic need of security is…Helen Keller observed, “Security is mostly a superstition…”
Anchors In The Storm
The mythology of an economic recovery has only served to blind us – to deceive us into maintaining business as usual. But we can no longer live with a blind eye toward the horizon…Will we be people of love and peace and mercy- will we be anchors in the storm?- or will we be swept away in fear and self-seeking because we find our hearts did not truly trust the LORD?…
The Colors of Hope: Becoming People of Mercy, Justice and Love (book excerpt)
The new book by Seattle pastor Richard Dahlstrom just recently hit the shelves. Check out this excerpt from the chapter titled ‘Art in the Garden-So Sow…’ from this new book ‘The Colors of Hope: Becoming People of Mercy, Justice and Love’…
Jenny & Tyler: Faint Not (Video)
Out of this struggle to continually choose sacrificial love we are reminded that it is not idealism or politically-inspired activism but humble submission to the Holy Spirit through whom we can say, like the ancient Hebrew psalmist-king David, “o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love”…
Norman Wirzba: Food, Faith and Ethical Eating [PBS Video]
I found this great video today from PBS featuring Norman Wirzba, Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life Duke Divinity School…This excellent video gives a brief snapshot into the growing confluence between the sustainable agriculture movement and the American Church at large…
Dear GOD
Jesus taught us to call GOD ‘poppa’- a blasphemous intimacy for the religious people of his day- but when Poppa seems to have withdrawn how do you maintain your trust in Him?…
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A World of Trouble
Job said it best: ‘For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.” JESUS understood this it seems and told his disciples: “In this world you will have trouble but take courage; I have overcome the world!”
