The Road Less Taken

October 17, 2021
Ecclesiology, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Christology, Theology, and many other twenty-five-dollar words lend an air of elevated academia to all things Christianity, to all things Church. The ‘ology’ simply means ‘the study…

In Praise of ‘Much More’

October 10, 2021
Jesus told his disciples that he had much more to say to them concerning the Gift of Salvation, more detail than they were able to bear at the moment, more…

More like Rugby than Golf

October 3, 2021
A hushed air of solemnity, voices at a whisper, exquisitely, and seasonally, garbed choir and priest, stately readings of Scripture, fully scripted order of service for well-groomed, buttoned-up, sedately seated…

Grace heaped upon more Grace

September 26, 2021
We, as disciples of Jesus, are on a journey to the Father’s heart. It’s a process of transformation that reveals itself to be more one of awakening than accomplishment, more…

Calling All Sheep

September 19, 2021
Random is not a descriptor of the story of God in Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation there are continuous threads weaving a central theme. The God of Creation, our God,…

Still, we are learning

September 12, 2021
Our invitation to in-Christ, eternal living, lands at our feet when we are still sin-wrecked, stubbornly willful, egocentric; in short, Biblically speaking, lost, like errant sheep. The good news within…

True to Jesus

September 5, 2021
Stories can sound accurate until compared with the facts. Two straight lines may look to be parallel until extended further. Measured construction elements may seem accurate until attempts are made…

The Greatest Love of All

August 29, 2021
The Book of God (aka The Bible) is the intimate love story of the One Eternity- Dwelling, All-Creative, Jealous, Relationship-smitten Supreme Deity, and, of all things, human beings: His own…
Jesus chooses us. Jesus calls us. Jesus equips us. But Jesus also knows us. He knows our stuff. He knows the embarrassing, humiliating stuff about us. He knows the magnitude…
New life comes to us by way of invitation only. There is no application to fill out, no resume to tweak/put a spin on. The invitation is to Divinity-initiated adoption,…