Good or God?

Church?  Almost daily I hear the question. What church do you go to?  As if our identity is tied to a certain church.  Our identity should always be only in Christ.  I am struggling with church and its character.  I do go from time to time, but I sit and listen to a sermon and…

Picture Jesus.  Picture him tied to a stump as a Roman soldier scorched his back!  Small rocks and pieces of metal tearing flesh with each lash.  Picture having a crown of thorns shoved mercilessly onto his scalp.  Picture having to carry a cross fashioned out of splintered wood on his back full of open wounds. …

He had no idea the affect he was having on me.  He made an impact on my life, after twenty short minutes of knowing him.  He was simply doing his job with fervor, with zeal.  After many times of being in Juvenile  Detention he joined a program that changed his life.  A year long plan…

Why Do We Have Trouble Meeting People Right Where They Are?  It seems we want to clean the fish before we catch them.   Jesus, on the other hand, meets us in the midst of our dirt and filth .  He takes us for who we are, then when the time is right,  he enters our…

Breakfast on a ship is one of my favorite times.  I arose early to beat the crowd.  I found a seat that faced the window, which afforded me a chance to see the ocean moving past.  It was peaceful, and a good time to observe my surroundings.  She came past my table many times.  Each…

I use the phrase often to tell someone how good the food is.  “Its like sex on a plate”.  Most every time the server laughs rather loud and more often then not they say “we will have to remember that one”. This last weekend the server was rather smug about it and tried to act…