I'm reposting this very early piece for two reasons. I've been thinking and writing on a considerably "pushy" level lately and thought I might lighten it up a bit. Also I needed the time and bandwidth to concentrate on a number of other larger essays I'm working on. Hope this one re-speaks to you!
Good News to Broken Weeds and Burned Out Wicks
One of my favorite things is to preach good news about Jesus on the street. Frankly, I’m not super good at it. I’m not trying to be humble, I just know that there are others better suited for this particular task. Nevertheless, I love doing it because it feels so right to bring hope to …
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Manna, Meat, and Money (An appeal for a less self-indulged and more Christ-centered Christianity) Part 5 of 5ish
LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, as it is written: “The one who …
Manna, Meat, and Money (An appeal for a less self-indulged and more Christ-centered Christianity) Part 2 of 5ish
In Part 1, we focused on “manna” and the “hard teaching” that only Jesus can live like Jesus, yet if we’ll take him in, he will live like himself in us! It’s only “hard” because we want to have something to do with it, something we can take credit for in our pilgrimage. His “yoke …
Mentally judgmental
I’m mentally judgmental. I try really hard not to be but it’s like a popup on my mental screen that I can’t seem to totally rid myself of. The best I can do is click the “close box” before too much time has elapsed and the thoughts become a permanent virus in my spirit. I’ve …
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