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 …
The Advent Conspiracy
Halloween hadn't even arrived when I received my first “Countdown to Black Friday” notice from Amazon. Since I hide my darker side from public view fairly well, you might think I’m a pretty nice person, but I confess to a flood of peeved musings, none of which involved anything that would put my salvation in jeopardy, …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 7 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] Those of you who have more brain cells than me might notice a discrepancy in the arithmetic above, yet I’ve got that covered in the “ish” part of the “6”. I always have more to …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 6 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] If you were hoping I was winding down this topic, so so sorry, but some things have come to my attention since I started these rambling thoughts on how churches can and should be …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 5 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] Here are three more things that distinguish an Outer Circle Church. An Outer Circle Church runs after the poor, not away from them. I have some urban missionary friends who recently moved their house …
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