Month: April 2012

Greater than John?

What is Jesus really talking about when He says that the least person in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than John? And why would He bother to even make such a statement?...

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Obedience to our Teacher

Suppose your teacher begins the semester by saying, “You need to do as I say and learn the material or you will not pass.”  What your professor does not mean is that you should try to pass each exam by sheer willpower and determination, nor even through your own...

Missing Orchestra

About 5-6 years ago in Pasadena, my wife and I joined with four of our friends to create a small group we fondly referred to as our “Orchestra.” We would gather together perhaps every third Saturday, check in with each other about our lives, and then settle into “tuning...

Making Renovations

Looking around our North Carolina house, we have done a lot of renovating since we bought it last December. Lots of stuff pulled up — like the 4 layers of linoleum in the kitchen, plus the wood layment, plus the cork tile under that — all the way down to the...

Unwelcome Redemption

A few weeks ago as I was trying to come to terms with a blinding wound from a friend of mine, I reached out to a dear prayer counselor friend for help. He listened for a long while as I recounted my injury, and then he offered a phrase...

Someone Bigger than Us

As I was enjoying a beautiful North Carolina afternoon today, I was thinking about last December when the Santa Ana winds came tearing through Pasadena (where we lived at the time) knocking down a huge tree in our neighbor’s yard and taking out all electrical power for six or...

Being Critical

It occurred to me that a lot of the material I write is often critical of Christian organizations today, and that some people might these comments too harsh. My intent here is to bring to light what we all need in order to move forward as a Body. Most of...

Imitating Praise

Another bad sermon recently — this one telling us we need to praise God as a way of overcoming our difficulties. Not that everything this guy said was bad. One really good point he made was that by the way we speak, we actually  end up praising our problems...

I Belong!

I am God’s child (1Jn.5) He birthed my spirit (Jn.3) He adopted my body (Rom.8)...