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 [...]

God Does Things We Would Never Do: Francis Chan and Hell

| May 24, 2011

ShareI love Francis Chan. Seriously, I do. I grew up listening to Francis at Hume Lake Summer Camps and so he has a special spot in my heart. He is eloquent in speech, very persuasive and has a very sincere and genuine heart. He is quite passionate about what he believes, but conveys it in [...]

Are Children’s Stories Parables in Disguise?

| August 29, 2008

ShareLast night I snuggled next to my daughter in her bed and read her a book. It was called, Dear Zoo. As I read it, for me, the similarity with our all-to-common perception of God and final judgment was striking. Allow me to share with you this parable disguised as a children’s bedtime story: I [...]

The Fruit of Judgement

| June 18, 2008

Share This has been my observation: The fruit (or end result) of human judgment is quite often the exact opposite of what was intended by those doing the judging.

Leave ‘em Be, Don’t Yank the Weeds!

| June 13, 2008

Share I was looking in my backyard today and noticed all the weeds that have been popping up. I sighed at the thought of going out there and uprooting them. What a pain. Seeing all those weeds got me thinking about Jesus’ words where he taught us not to pull up the “weeds”, but to [...]

Leave ‘em Be, Don’t Yank the Weeds!

| June 13, 2008

Share I was looking in my backyard today and noticed all the weeds that have been popping up. I sighed at the thought of going out there and uprooting them. What a pain. Seeing all those weeds got me thinking about Jesus’ words where he taught us not to pull up the “weeds”, but to [...]

Slopes—The Slippery and Non-Slippery Kind

| April 11, 2008

Share Ever heard the term “slippery slope“?  I am sure you have.  I know I have been hearing it more and more over the past year.  Here’s the irony when talking about slopes: The slope we are on is never slippery—it’s all the other slopes that are the slippery ones. But even at the bottom [...]

Emergent, Emerging, Modern, Postmodern, Orthodox, Heresy, Liberal, Conservative, Baptist, Pentecostal, Mainline, Evangelical, Good, Evil, Pagan, Christian, Tony Jones, John MacArthur, Brian McLaren, Bible Answer Man (Hank Hanegraaff), The French, The English, Black, White, Slut, Pure, In, Out, Us, Them, …And So Many More Labels!

| February 25, 2008

Share OK, so here is my vent. I fully realize that it is in our human nature to label and define and fragment just about everything into tidy boxes so we can then pass judgment, create an “in” and an “out”, an us and them. But just because I get it does not mean I [...]