Our Journey to Life

I’ll never forget the first time I was made to do a “solo” time with God. I say “made” because that’s just it, I was made. The location was Colorado and the event was Wilderness Trek Christian Camp. We were deep in the mountains when the guides circled us up, confiscated our watches, and sent [...]

APRIL 5, 2011 IN SPIRITUALITY WITH 41 COMMENTS ***Prelude: This blog post is an introduction to a subject; it is not a complete statement. The book delves deeper.*** When my editor read the pre-publication manuscript of REVISE US AGAIN, he told me that the chapter called “The Three Gospels” had a huge impact on him. “History,” Martin Luther [...]

If we are honest we must admit there is a bit of all four roads in each of us.  It’s just not that black and white. ~~~~~ In the video below one of my favorite authors, Francis Chan, describes a new “middle road,” where Christians don’t have to really “DO” what Jesus did. The audience [...]

In previous post I made public apology for becoming so judgmental in my life. I attribute much of my discovery of this new focus on a Gospel of love to the writings of Gregory Boyd. Here is a wonderful excerpt from this teaching from Gregory Boyd: ~~~~~~ Judgment always blocks love, which is why the tree of the [...]

Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan I’ve got my friend Benjamin to thank for referring this awesome book to me! Wow, what a read. It’s more than a “read,” actually. If you let this one go in (and I’m gonna have to read it again to get even some of it [...]

I was so excited to participate in a night of remembering the Blood. It was… Fourteen scriptures cut out on pieces of paper. Twelve kids ranging in age from 5-17. Six adults. Two nurses. A white board, with a black and red dry-erase marker. A poster of the tabernacle. After two hours together the lessons of Life [...]

Statements of faith do not give us Life. Only Christ gives us Life. Our “statements” tend to create more division than they do unity. Although, I do think every individual should try to scratch out a “statement” of belief, even if no one ever sees it but you. It will tell you a good deal [...]