Beasts Among Us

Goerge MacDonald was a Congregational Minister who preached and taught in the mid-1850s.  He was radical and was at odds with his denomination. His understanding of Kingdom reality departed too much from the church’s understanding to be considered acceptable to them. He ultimately found more success as a creative writer of poems and short stories

Easter and Ego

As I walked the half mile from my hotel room towards the Arc-De-Triumph this morning, I pondered the word, Ego. A Latin word for self, adapted by Freud, in his attempt to quantify the various inner drivers that motivate mankind to speak, feel, and act. The word is much older than Freud. Discussions about self,

Bible and Culture Part IV – The Insider Church

There are some places in the world where being a Christian is illegal. The predominant religions use their power to stamp out other religions and harass, torture, imprison, or kill people who promote religious beliefs other than the ones they endorse. God, through the Holy Spirit, still manages to grow churches in those places. For

The Bible & Culture Part III – Our Culture Influences Our Connection To God

For some of you, the very title of this post causes you to bristle a little. You were raised in a Christian Tradition that taught you that there were only a small number of people who have this Christianity stuff figured out and that the rest of us are on a broad road to eternal

Bible & Culture Part II – Eyes to See

Religious people of any persuasion are vulnerable to becoming blind to the movements of God in the world, especially when they become puffed up with pride and full of self-righteousness. Jesus was talking to a learned religious man when He spoke these words: “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

We Need a Faith Community to Thrive – Bible &Culture Part I

Based on my experience, the research of others, and my reading of the Bible, I have concluded that the working out of our salvation as described in the following text is intended to be done in our community: When young teenage Bowi (in the red dress) married Bagai she became responsible for caring for his

Eternal Resolution Part Four – A Fruit Tree or Ticket?

Experiencing the Abiding Life with Christ We have spent three weeks talking about the Eternal Resolution. If you have made that Resolution and are not experiencing God regularly, I pray my writings will help renew your resolve to ask, seek, and knock, and may the all-powerful God of the universe come in and dine with

Eternal Resolution Part 3 – Identify and Christian

Review: In my journey to reflect on my parent’s legacy I am currently focused on my father’s thesis, Bible Translation Strategy – An Analysis of Spiritual Impact by T. Wayne Dye. In that document, I stumbled on this interesting description of our most important life resolution: “A relevant step of faith can be analyzed in

Eternal Resolution Part 2 – Which God Do We Trust?

In my journey to reflect on my parent’s legacy I am currently focused on my father’s thesis, Bible Translation Strategy – An Analysis of Spiritual Impact by T. Wayne Dye. In that document, I stumbled on this interesting description of our most important life resolution: “A relevant step of faith can be analyzed in terms

The Eternal Resolution Part 1 – We Resolve

New Years is a time for resolutions. Decisions to do something different to make our lives better. Eat less, exercise more, go to church, read a book, take better care of ourselves, take better care of others, visit that great aunt, whatever the decision is, New Years is a good and healthy time to reflect