“The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do. The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Category: Faith
Expectation: Things are going to get worse
I had a good heart to heart with one of my neighbors yesterday. We were discussing some recent events on our street that are causes for concern. They involve some new tenants in one of the apartment buildings, and the return of two young men from jail after time served for their most recent run… Continue reading Expectation: Things are going to get worse
Quotation of the Week
It’s seven p.m. The living room is cozy. What is USAmerican discipleship like, particularly in suburbia?… We sip our coffee, eat our snacks, and read our “lessons” and fill in the blanks of our cool workbooks, wondering if this will be over before “24” starts. Oh, there’s the urgency. There is more danger and urgency… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Mere Makeover
For the last few months, I have been a contributor to a website called Mere Mission. It has been a great site that gathers and shares posts from various blogs that relate to living missionally. I have met some very cool people through this site, and have found blogs that are now daily reads for… Continue reading Mere Makeover
Remembering Jennie
On Monday of this week, a very dear woman in our congregation passed away. Her death was sudden and unexpected, though her body had been battling a series of health challenges for some time. All of us were devastated at the news and struck by the reality that when it comes to the gift of… Continue reading Remembering Jennie
Upside-down people
I just got done spending an hour with someone who is perhaps the most upside-down person I know. This individual consistently looks at things through a kingdom of God lens, and refuses to embrace anything because it is “how things are done” or “the way it has always been”, or perhaps most significantly, “the way… Continue reading Upside-down people
What’s for dinner?
The other night I was getting ready to fix some dinner for Doug and me after the kids had gone to bed. I knew that I had not been to the store recently and that our fridge and cupboards were running on empty. The thought ran through my mind: “there’s nothing in the house to… Continue reading What’s for dinner?
A lesson from the ants
We have recently started having ants come into our bathroom. I can’t figure out where they are coming from or why, and our bathroom floor is cleaner than ever, so I am at a loss for how to deal with our little intruders. They are starting to drive me crazy. This morning, as Doug was… Continue reading A lesson from the ants
A day in the life
The other day I was playing out front with the kids when an African American man stopped in our driveway to chat with us for a while. As he stopped in front of one of the kids, he looked at me and asked: “Do your kids like Black people?” I assured him that yes, they… Continue reading A day in the life
Our debtors
We are doing a preaching series on racial righteousness, and part of my message this Sunday will be on forgiveness. I happened to pick up the latest Thielicke book I am reading last night, “Christ and the Meaning of Life.” One of the chapters I read looked at the story of unmerciful servant: the man… Continue reading Our debtors