A Mending Shift

a bird sings, not because if has an answer to give, but because it has a song to sing … this is my song

Don’t worry, fire-wanting disciples, the fire is coming, just not now.

| June 27, 2011

Share [Luke 9:51-56] Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But they did [...]

To Hell with My Kids?

| April 20, 2011

Share So my two oldest children are in a quandary. Our daughter is five and she went to a church where they told her (in her words) that bad people go “down there” to hell (pointing down to the center of the earth) and that good people go “up there” to heaven (pointing to the [...]

The Hopeful Ending: The Runaways and Their Loving Mom

| April 18, 2011

Share First, Read the Tragic Version of this Story Here. What is the Kingdom of God like, you ask? A woman lived in rural central California. She was known for her kindness, generosity and love, but she was also fair and just. Her five children were normal kids, but the four youngest were known around [...]

Christians Aren’t Perfect . . .

| August 5, 2008

Share. . . just forgiven. Have you seen that bumper sticker driving around your town? I have. And I must admit that there was a day I nodded in favor of it as a pinnacle of Truth, thinking, “Not perfect but forgiven—yep, that’s absolutely correct.” Not so much any more. In fact, when I recalled [...]

What’s the Worth of a Heavenly Earth?

| July 10, 2008

Share If heaven was God being fully present with us here on earth, like in the garden, with a restored earth and heavens, would we still desire it? or not? In other words, if eternity was spent with God on earth, and not a distant, other-dimensional, ethereal “heavenly” place somewhere out there beyond the blue, [...]

One Line #5

| February 8, 2008

Share “When you stand at the Pearly Gates, would you rather be told you were too forgiving or you were too judgmental?” ~Leonard Sweet

Jesus’ Theology of Kingdom Entrance

| October 8, 2007

ShareI had a very disturbing dream last night. Not frightening, disturbing. Disturbing in the sense that the personal ramifications of the dream could be great. I dreamt I went through each of the Gospels of Jesus and saw a common theme regarding good deeds and spiritual faith. The shift this created was paradigmatic. I then [...]