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Fanning into flame…

In addition to my studies, I have been working on some writings. They are the types of thoughts that need to be released together. So while these thoughts incubate, and as I finish my Sociology degree (graduating in December), perhaps the best thing to do is to just post the words (some ancient, some modern-ish) that have stirred my passion for God and His mercy of moving in our world.Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. It remains an abstract idea, a myth which has a place for the Fatherhood of God, but omits Christ as the living Son. And a Christianity of that [...]

By |2014-08-18T22:34:46+00:00August 20th, 2010|Uncategorized|

Contemplative adventures in turning 33

God became man to turn creatures into sons: not simply to produce better men of the old kind but to produce a new kind of man. C.S. Lewis   The mystery of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding. Martin Luther I am obsessed by the Incarnation of Christ. Literally, I am often in my car, on a walk, or praying and will be struck by the amazing reality that God took on flesh. A chorus that I use to sing at the International House of Prayer in Atlanta during devotional sets would go: “The Word took on flesh and bone, the Father and the Son are one, worthy is the Lamb [...]

By |2014-08-26T03:03:02+00:00March 24th, 2010|Uncategorized|

Waiting

Waiting (aka: the lesson that we keep learning until we 'get it', then we spend the rest of our lives 'perfecting' it) is an anchor that God uses to shape us like no other. An anchor, because it will either make you stand strong...or it will make you sink. [insert wink] I was recently at a leadership class, and as a group we all were to write down an influential instance in our life that play a role in the spiritual, experiential, relational, or instructional process that developed a quality in our lives. After thinking for a while, I felt like God revealed to me that the periods of waiting (spiritual wilderness, unanswered prayers, etc) have [...]

By |2014-08-26T03:01:22+00:00February 16th, 2010|Waiting|

Thoughts on Community

"Father, forgive me the bread I've stolen from my brother." ~ St. Vincent de Paul"Make me an instrument of Your peace." ~ Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi"Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this." ~ Dietrich BonhoefferI had a hard night sleeping last night. I just did. It used to happen to me all the time in my early twenties. The pattern usually goes: I wake up at some ridiculously early hour, my mind becomes abuzz with all sorts of profound or absolutely unprofound things, then after laying there for over an hour I decide to get up and pray. How close to [...]

By |2014-08-18T22:34:46+00:00January 25th, 2010|Jesus Shaped Community|
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