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UNPLUGGED??? A challenge came through Charles Colson’s Breakpoint commentary in my email. Unplug for a period of time. Of course, I had to check my email to know this. And, I’m blogging to put this challenge out there…even to myself… so can I unplug? This paragraph from Colson states the obvious: While technology has many worthwhile purposes, it demands a…
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The Crisis of the Cross This week’s text is from Mark 8. The subject is the Cross. Here are some opening thoughts I am working with from Dietrich Bonhoeffer regarding “cheap grace”: “Cheap grace is preaching forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession. … Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without…
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The Incarnational Life This tradition is somewhat tough to explain. We’ll dive in more in our LIFE Group. It will also be our last discussion time on Richard Foster’s wonderful book, Streams of Living Water. Please get the book if you don’t have it already. The last part of the book is rich with short bios of people through the…
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The Incarnational Life This tradition is somewhat tough to explain. We’ll dive in more in our LIFE Group. It will also be our last discussion time on Richard Foster’s wonderful book, Streams of Living Water. Please get the book if you don’t have it already. The last part of the book is rich with short bios of people through the…
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A Little GloatingKU 90 Mizzou 65 That’s a banner of John Brown holding the NCAA Championship Trophy. It’s a border war… and KU let Mizzou know the loss last month didn’t go unnoticed! To rephrase the old mafia line, “This isn’t business…this is personal.”
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A Little GloatingKU 90 Mizzou 65 That’s a banner of John Brown holding the NCAA Championship Trophy. It’s a border war… and KU let Mizzou know the loss last month didn’t go unnoticed! To rephrase the old mafia line, “This isn’t business…this is personal.”
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Lenten Readings This site has a great layout to see all the readings that are possible for this Lenten season. Today’s epistle, Titus 2:1-15, is appropriate because it is part of my text for Sunday.
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High Tech It is without any shame I announce… this is ME!
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Ash Wednesday Today is the first day of Lent in the Church. This is not a season the Pentecostal church practices as a whole, but over the years I have found it to be a discipline worth observing in my life. It is a time of reflection and preparation. A good explanation of Lent can be found here. This thought…
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Ash Wednesday Today is the first day of Lent in the Church. This is not a season the Pentecostal church practices as a whole, but over the years I have found it to be a discipline worth observing in my life. It is a time of reflection and preparation. A good explanation of Lent can be found here. This thought…
