Jeromy Johnson | March 1, 2012
Share Warning, this post asks a few tough unspoken questions in straight-forward, honest ways. (And it mentions the word penis). A lot has been said surrounding God and the gay community (LGBT). But if we were honest, for most, doesn’t it boil down to one question: “Does God really care where the penis goes?” (Told [...]
Jeromy Johnson | July 1, 2011
Share “If I would have known you were going to be gay, I would have aborted you.” This is what a mother told her son after she learned that he was gay. NPR did a story on gay immigrants shedding light on their story of living in the United States. In this particular segment the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | June 28, 2011
ShareSitting on a jury is an interesting experience. It taught me a lot about how important our starting-place presumptions about people are. Let me explain. One of the most important factors of our justice system is that people accused of a crime must be viewed as innocent. Your mindset as a jury is that indeed [...]
Jeromy Johnson | June 2, 2011
Share Here is the bottom line. It is hard for us to accept our goodness. Shame seems a better friend then our good worth. It is from the words “you are good” that we want to hide from. We run back into the arms of shame, covering our ears at God’s declaration, “You are good, [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 28, 2011
Share As I entered into my preteen years, a deep attraction for the opposite sex came crashing in like an unwelcome stranger. I was scared. These were new feelings and I knew that they would not be accepted by my family or friends. How could I be attracted to girls? I kept my attraction hidden [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 25, 2011
Share I was raised on the Romans Road. The Romans Road is an evangelism tool made up of 5-7 verses pulled out of Romans to show people the way of salvation. That if they follow and believe this simple Road of 5 verses, God will save them (read the original Roman’s Road). So, following the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | 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 [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 18, 2011
Share Who am I? Am I a sum of my parts, or more? My name is Jeromy Roger Johnson. Three words. Eighteen letters. Six syllables. When uttered, it is simply a collection of agreed upon sounds that form meaning. To some it has great meaning, recalling past memories, feelings and shared experiences. To others it [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 16, 2011
Share Last Tuesday afternoon I was driving home from work. While slowing for traffic, I offered up this simply prayer, “God, show me your love in a tangible way. Please, I need to know it.” Now what I was really praying was for God to convey his love through a mystical experience where I got [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 15, 2011
ShareHere is a personal video of me reading my letter to homosexuals: I Stand With You. If you know someone who you feel needs to hear this, please feel free to pass it on. To be honest, I wrestled with the decision to record this video, but decided to so there is a person behind [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 11, 2011
Share [Leerlo en Español] [Watch the video reading] I don’t know what it is like to be black and carry the weight of years of oppression and racism on my shoulders. To pull myself up out of that oppression. To feel different and lacking simply because of the color of my skin. I am white. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 10, 2011
ShareThis was shared by a friend of mine yesterday: I found myself overwhelmed with His presence in a way I’ve never felt before, or as intensely since. I can only describe it as an overshadowing. I lay there and cried and said, “it feels like you are touching me. How can you….I’m dirt.” He said, [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 5, 2011
Share This is very moving and powerful 3 min story about the effect praying for ones enemy will have on a community. It really touched a personal chord with me, especially surrounding the communion aspect. Years ago I made a public declaration that I would not take Communion/Eucharist/Lord’s Supper if people in the gathering were [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 4, 2011
Share Here there is no Christian. Non-Christian. American. Muslim. Heretic. Orthodox. Saved. Unsaved. Liberal. Conservative. Mainline. Evangelical. Catholic. Reformed. Baptist. Pentecostal. Episcopal. Presbyterian. Lutheran. Methodist. Buddhist. Hindu. Blacks. Whites. Evil. Good. Biblical. Unbiblical. Terrorists. Hell-bound. First class. Third class. Believer. Unbeliever. Jew. Atheist. Mormon. Shi’ite. Sunni. Wahabi. Oregonian. Adulterer. Faithful. Right-wing. Left wing. Republican. Democrat. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 3, 2011
Share Yesterday, I read a headline with Osama Bin Laden’s face on it and large, thick white letters exclaiming, “Rot in Hell!” Yesterday, while hoping onto Fox News Channel and catching an interview with Rudy Giuliani and Sean Hannity, Rudy mentioned that Osama is burning in hell and was met with nods and a slight [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 26, 2011
Share I was once at a wedding at which an incident occurred; in fact, it was more an event. The wedding breakfast was over and the music had begun. An older woman was there. She was a quiet person who kept to herself, a shy country woman who was invited because she was a next-door [...]
Jeromy Johnson | 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 [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 19, 2011
Share I am a golden vessel A temple within which Love resides Complete Whole Strings attached to soul Pull me this way and that Jerk me away from living loved Distract from sharing love Obligations Expectations External forces Given power by fear Expectations and obligations Not met Formula not followed Shame projected I smile at [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 18, 2011
Share If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love Truth, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge love and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but [...]
Jeromy Johnson | 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 [...]
