parts one & two
More questions on service:
Does service have to be feeding the hungry or clothing the poor to be service? Is it service if I volunteer for or work for a ministry program aimed at, say, education?
This is a question I’m struggling with right now. I’m in the process of launching a ministry website […]
“When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right […]
A couple of years ago I was working what I would describe as “a crappy sales job”—that’s the industry term—and my boss, a former nightclub bouncer, had a simple approach to sales motivation: yell at your people and if that doesn’t work, yell some more.
Surprisingly, I was not inspired by this approach.
Neither was a good […]
God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
—Psalm 46:1-3
I hate too-simple statements of faith. God is good and trustworthy, yes, and we can go […]
I attended a church this past weekend that a friend of mine regularly attends. My friend has experienced a profound change in his life since hooking up with this church, so I am convinced that there are good things happening there. However, I am also confused by the content of the sermon we heard.
The minister, […]
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”
- The Imitation of Christ
The hard part of faith for me is this: I believe it’s all about relationship, and relationships are hard.
If it were just about “doing right”, well, that I can do sometimes, but not all the time. If it were just about “doing right” and God giving me grace when I screw it up, well, that […]
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