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September 21, 2023

Wednesday Through Sunday

Wednesday Through Sunday Night breaks upon us. Sometimes fatigue at the end of the day...

September 14, 2023

A Word on Hope From a Surprising Source

A Word on Hope From a Surprising Source Recently, I was in a discussion with...

September 13, 2023

Take Delight | a Contemplative Word Study of Psalm 37.4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37.4, NLT...

September 09, 2023

Spirit Filled Community TOC

Spirit Filled Community TOC Table of Contents (TOC) The 2 Great Assumptions | Spirit Filled...

September 08, 2023

Mystery & Wonder | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 9.b

Mystery & Wonder | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 9.b To read Mystery & Wonder |...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

Mystery & Wonder | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 9.a

Mystery & Wonder | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 9.a There are many indescribable moments in...

August 24, 2023

Worship | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 8

Worship | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 8 Think about the history of worship in the...

August 21, 2023

Sharing a Common Life | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 7

Sharing a Common Life | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 7 We just talked about the...

August 17, 2023

Sharing Their Lives | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 6

Sharing Their Lives | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 6 In the Spirit Filled Community, the...

August 14, 2023

Growth | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 5

Growth | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 5 Think back with me about communication, before any...

August 10, 2023

Steadfast Unity | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 4

Steadfast Unity | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 4 And the multitude of them that believed...

August 07, 2023

The Spirit’s Power | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 3

The Spirit's Power | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 3 Before, we discuss the power of...

August 03, 2023

Christ’s Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2

Christ's Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2 Our two main presuppositions or assumptions are...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

The 2 Great Assumptions | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 1

The 2 Great Assumptions | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 1 We are going to explore...

June 2023

June 07, 2023

Sanctification | Falling for Julian

Sanctification | Falling for Julian “For if we never fell, we should not know how...

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Scripture Shared at Church

Scripture Shared at Church We change into the likeness of the one that captivates our...

April 2023

April 27, 2023

Why do Pentecostals Like to Eat Together?

Why do Pentecostals like to eat together? A Pentecostal asked this question who had spent...

April 24, 2023

But Are They Discerning? pt. 2

Not long ago, I wrote about the term discerning. I meant it, even though I...

April 20, 2023

A Question About the Question

Quick Question: Do you ever find yourself asking the wrong question? Sometimes I am seeking...

December 2022

December 29, 2022

book excerpts | Julian of Norwich

book excerpts | Julian of Norwich The following is a series of social posts from...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

Ways you can make an interfaith marriage work

6 ways you can make an interfaith marriage work When I use the term interfaith,...

November 03, 2022

What place does prayer have in sports for both spectators and athletes?

What place does prayer have in sports for both spectators and athletes? Consider this an...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

I kind of do think it matters, ethics pt. 7

What does Acts 15 speak to us today? What new Christians tradition/s commenced? Does...

July 2022

July 09, 2022

must some of us re-consider Judeo-Christian ethics in Acts xv? pt. 5

Acts 15 is part of a larger story involving the entire Early Church. “Judaizers” come...

February 2020

February 11, 2020

Themes & Memes | Christian Readings

Last week I wrote about the voice of many waters.[1] It's just a way that...

March 2019

March 15, 2019

regarding the People of God and Christian Living (from the G+ collection)

The focus of this collection is on the people of God and Christian living. Discipleship...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

The Year I Only Read 6 Books

The first year after seminary, I decided to slow down my readings. I research for...

January 03, 2019

Formation for Children: Reading to Eliseo in 2018

I have always contended that no one fully understands discipleship until one is discipling others. ...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Participating in God’s Will

Sometimes we find ourselves doing busywork in the Kingdom of God, active in our congregations,...

October 24, 2018

Killing vs. Counteracting Sin: Meditation and Other Practices

We're in a series on a specific type of sin in our day and age...