We live in a world that celebrates the self-made person, yet in the Christian life there is no such thing as a self-made disciple.
Discipleship happens in the context of community and relationship with other disciples of Jesus.
My challenge to myself and to you is to reject the value that the world places on "self-made" and instead embrace the value that God places on
I used to be content being with Jesus.
Now I feel pressure to produce for Jesus.
This pressure doesn't come from Him.
It comes from culture, my own insecurities, my desire to strive, and a million other places, but certainly not from Him.
Because He still wants me to just be with Him.
#Abide
In a small chapel near San Damiano, Italy in 1206 Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone heard a command from the Lord:
"Francis, Go and rebuild my Church,
which you can see has fallen into ruin."
That man then devoted his life to the work of the church, eventually becoming one of the most known Saints of all time, Saint Francis of Assisi.
Over 800 years
This post is adapted from a post I wrote for a Lenten blog series last year
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I remember the confusion that I felt the first time I saw someone with an ash cross on their forehead. I wasn’t raised in a family that observed Ash Wednesday so I assumed that it was some sort of weird religious ritual that wasn’t for me.
A few
This post is adapted from a post I wrote for a Lenten blog series last year
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What is Lent? But perhaps more importantly, what isn’t it?
Lent is the 40 day season between Ash Wednesday (Feb 13th this year) and Easter Sunday.
In the early church, Lent was a time of preparation for new followers that were preparing for baptism on Easter Sunday. As
One week from today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
For several years now my wife and I have observed Lent and it has become an important time in our annual calendar and in our marriage.
For us it has been a time of renewal and refocus on each other and our faith and we are excited for yet another "reset" this year.
Each
It's amazing to me how many people I have met with or spoken to over the past few weeks who desperately need to know that the words of this song are true.
Higher than the mountains that I face
Stronger than the power of the grave
Constant through the trial and the change
One thing remains
Your love never fails
it never gives up
it
I am writing to ask for your help.
Last Spring I was contacted by Cleve Persinger, one of the founders of Creative Missions, about an opportunity that I still can not believe is actually happening.
Creative Missions 2013 is heading NORTH TO ALASKA and I am SO excited to be a part of it!
What is Creative Missions? Check this out...
"No, we don't build
I've always wanted to be one of those people who can sit down and get lost in a book for hours.
But I have a problem...
Somewhere along the way I bought into this idea that reading is for instruction and information, and not for enjoyment.
What a stupid idea.
I find myself buying books about topics that, while I am interested in, are not
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:38-39
I love those verses. But there is another reality that I often find myself living in...
