Why We Gather: Part I This season of searching has got me thinking a lot about church gatherings. I’m not talking about gift exchanges, pot lucks, and singing Christmas Trees. I’m talking about the regular gathering of the church. As Christians, we’re reminded to “go to church”. But have you […]
Lessons in Community
Lessons in Community The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and […]
Restoring the Proper Place of Mystery
Restoring the Proper Place of Mystery I always look forward to dinner with my family. Aside from a great meal, the topics of our conversations can range anywhere from the introspective to the ridiculous. Dinner is never dull. Last week, I stumbled upon a website that discussed the differences in […]
A Complete Resurrection
A Complete Resurrection While our family are big animal lovers, we particularly like cats. We’re not against dogs. We just happen to prefer cats. We have a self-imposed limit of no more than three cats in our house. Part if this is basic home economics. It also hedges us against […]
The Distraction of Political Entanglement: Part III
The Distraction of Political Entanglement: Part III Welcome to the third and final part to the series on political entanglement. If you haven’t read Part I or Part II, I would kindly recommend you read those first. In the last post, I discussed how someone’s faith can become entangled with […]
The Distraction of Political Entanglement: Part II
The Distraction of Political Entanglement: Part II In this post, we’re continuing the discussion on the entanglement of faith and politics. In the Part I, we started off by defining entanglement. I explained that human government is one of many world systems and described how it was distinct from God’s […]