How many of you have facebook? How many of you have no clue what facebook is? One of the great things about facebook is that you can connect with people from various parts of your life all at once. And my friends span the spectrum from extreme liberals to die hard conservatives. I don’t have…
Kenotic Words
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The Spirit of Debate
I love to have a good argument! One of my favorite memories from college was debating with my good friend, Brian Johnson. We argued about anything and everything… politics, religion, who could marry, why you shouldn’t marry, our favorite philosophers, the best movie, you get the picture. There was something about a debate with Mr.…
Spirit of Household Salvation
Religion is social. Religion is corporate. Religion is political. As Christianity spread in the time of the apostles and beyond, it was often not the work of one-on-one conversations and personal confessions of faith, but of corporate conversions… of whole nations turning from one religion to another. I did some reading this week about the…
The Spirit of the Damascus Road
If one is going to preach through the book of Acts, you can’t leave out the story of the transformation and conversation of Saul/Paul. It is a chapter I have heard many times, from many different angles, and recently heard powerfully preached by Bishop Palmer at our Iowa annual conference. Sometimes, having an overwhelming number…
Cloud of Witnesses
I believe that Colleen is not only among that great cloud of witnesses today, but that through her life, she has inspired her family and her friends to be more, and to be better, than they imagined.
No More Hunger or Thirst
When we imagine our future with God where we will hunger and thirst no more… perhaps you caught a glimpse of that future around a table where everyone could have their fill.
Making Room
I imagine your mother and your grandmother would have loved being the host for the last night of LasPosadas… That she would have opened up her home and said – yes, there is a place for you. I will make room.
Spirit of Singing Along
The sorcerer and the eunuch. As we continue to follow the Holy Spirit through the lives of the apostles, we come upon two men who have very different attitudes towards the work of God. In the course of his ministry, the deacon Philip will encounter many people who hear and believe the good news about…