https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qariDbhpPOA Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapter 4 of WHAT ON EARTH? / An Upside-Down Kingdom The kingdom is “so contrary to human nature and our faulty logic that it appears upside down to us.” Give an example of this.Elaborate on one of Craig Greenfield’s comparisons between empire and the …
5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 1 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://youtu.be/wo7MyF8kMls The Big Idea Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for the book: WHAT ON EARTH? Considering the Social Implications of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount Chapter 1 - What’s the BIG IDEA? What do you think E. Stanley Jones meant by calling the Sermon “A working philosophy of life.”I claim that …
Another Mass Shooting of Innocent Children
A ten-year-old little girl at the Uvalde, Texas Elementary School that was not shot, rubbed on herself the blood of others so the shooter would pass her by! If that’s not one of the saddest things you’ve heard in a long while, you must have heard some pretty damn sad things! The NRA has banned …
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The Path of Progress
Are you a better person than you used to be? More to the point, for those of you who identify as Christian, are you currently moving toward being more like the One you claim to follow? A lot of times, when thinking about our progress in the faith, we compare where we are today with …
It Takes Courage
Joseph of Arimethea was a wealthy and respected member of the Jewish council, the same group that sent Jesus to his death. He and his colleagues had what we might call power and privilege. So, why didn’t he speak up with at least a mild objection at that time? Mark says he “was himself also …
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