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Living Sacrifice part 1

02/21/2020 19:24

The idea of sacrifice is pretty important to this "Christian" way of life, isn't it? (And, yes, I put "Christian" in quotation marks because I don't like the religious connotation that term seems to bring with it. When you say that you're a Christian it seems to me that people immediately roll...

Knit Together part 5

02/20/2020 20:13

I think one of the best ways to knit yourself together with someone is to go along with them. To let them do what is in their heart to do, and to support them while they're doing it. Like Isaac with Abraham. And that doesn't mean enabling people. Enabling someone will never help them. Ever. And if...

Knit Together part 4

02/19/2020 20:02

I want to take a little bit of a different tact here. We've been talking about knitting ourselves together. And how that can really only happen when it is love binding us. How we are knit together with, and in, God (LOVE), and that is what equips and empowers us to be able to knit ourselves...

Knit Together part 3

02/18/2020 19:53

Stop me if you've heard this before--actually, don't. Because you have heard this before. Just roll with it. Because this is one of my favorite passages from the Bible, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all...

Knit Together part 2

02/17/2020 20:03

It's about unity. It really is. About us working together. Because we're all in this together. That's what being knit together is all about. Because we aren't just knit together in any common cause. We are knit together in love. That's the key. To everything. Certainly to unity. To connection. To...

Knit Together part 1

02/16/2020 19:44

This Rant series kind of dovetails off of the last one, and really just continues on with the theme that has been heavy on my heart. I say this at work all the time, "We're all on the same team, right?" It doesn't have to be us vs them. When we stop focusing on what separates us and start focusing...

Comforted part 5

02/15/2020 20:08

I started this Rant wondering why people are against a good, happy, comforting gospel. The gospel is the good news, right? The good news about Jesus? The ultimate truth of the universe that God is love and He loves you. That's good... and happy... and comforting. What's wrong with that? Why would...

Comforted part 4

02/14/2020 18:19

Weakness isn't weakness. If that makes any sense. Because weakness is an opportunity. Both for someone else to help you, and for you to LET someone else help you. Not being able to do something yourself is ok. You're not supposed to do everything yourself. At the very least you're supposed to rely...

Comforted part 3

02/13/2020 19:59

When you need it the most... that's when you need it the most. I know that seems to be common sense. Pretty obvious. But for some reason we don't seem to really be able to make that manifest. Sometimes it seems like it's easier to kick people when they're down, rather than reaching down to help...

Comforted part 2

02/12/2020 20:12

I believe in a good, happy God. I'm sorry. I just do. God is love. And love isn't always easy, but it (HE) always believes for the best. Works for the best. All things work together for our good, right? So why do we have this "I was made to suffer on this earth but maybe, some day, pie in the sky,...

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