News Viewed Through the Hope of Christ and the Change of the Spirit
“What happens if a million people decide to gather at one time? They can’t arrest everyone.” The real crisis in a nutshell from the mouth of a my sixteen year old son. Multiple friends, news articles, and slowly some pulpits began…
So the time moment has come when those who have vowed that they will not, cannot in good conscience, vote for Mr. Trump are faced with a hard decision. But, perhaps not so very hard. Yesterday was the National Day of Prayer,…
I was reading an article over at Ministry Matters tonight by Pastor Mike Slaughter. He was lamenting the rancor of this political season, and putting forth the notion that we have allowed the Gospel to be hijacked for partisan political purposes. He,…
I was preparing for service this morning, outside the church talking with God. Or more rightly, letting my mind wander while I listened for God. Today was the last day of a week-long prayer task God has set for me. It has…
Embed from Getty Images This political season has been one of the strangest in Christian circles. The last several years have been a morass of conflict over liberal and traditional interpretation of Scripture and doctrine that I did not believe could ever…
Embed from Getty Images I have been blessed over the years to have been surrounded by a cloud of witnesses through social media, who in ordinary times uplift me with their sharing of faith, open my eyes to new understanding, correct me when…
Embed from Getty Images I’m going to take a breather from the Why Not Donald Trump question for tonight. I’m finding it takes me a couple of days to get re-centered after a night like Saturday. One of the beautiful things about…
So, a while back I followed a site called Ministry Matters on Facebook. I knew it was a mixed bag of conservative and liberal writers out of the UMC. But, I tend to like reading things that come from a different view…
This topic has been a hot one this past month with all that is going on in the world. First Rev. Falwell touched on it at a speech at Liberty University, and then of course came the secular media response. Sometime later…
As the arguments over the refugees and ISIS continue to unfold across my Facebook feed and in media around the world, as new attacks begin in other distant places, and fears rise over possible attacks here at home, I have tried to…
