In the Christian calendar, today is the first Sunday of the season of advent, a four week period celebrating the coming (advent means coming) of Jesus to earth. During the first week of this holy season, we are encouraged to focus on hope. That’s a tricky task given the common use of the word hope …
Category: Discipleship
Nov 15
Letter to Jesus
Hallelujah! I’m not sure I really understood the magnitude of that expression until the last year… As You know Lord I’ve grown up hearing it (Hallelujah) said mainly as a sign of relief when something worked out…in the context and spirit of giving the praise to You, great. That typically isn’t what is meant or …
Oct 24
Prepare for Battle!
Man, if there is anyone that is a follower (true believer, disciple) of Jesus Christ and they don’t feel the pressure of the spiritual war raging then they may want to make sure they have a spiritual pulse and have actually enlisted. Two words – it’s real. I’ve personally only been aware of it …
Oct 06
It’s the Heart
Okay, so I suffer from two prominent writing maladies – 1) I am not a writer; and, 2) if I was or had a scintilla of writing ability it has completely shut down at the moment…to which I must conclude I have the non-writer’s version of “writers-block”. So I’ve recently had the privilege to visit …
Aug 08
5 out of 5
Five out of five will be part of the ultimate statistic…we will all die (unless our Lord comes back – if He does, the following is still 100% applicable). Sobering? Probably should be…in his book, The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren writes that when we die God is going to ask us two questions: 1) what …