All my adult life I can’t pass a homeless person on the street and not help. It’s not just money they desire, but many times it’s wanting someone to care. Truly homeless, down trodden people, care more about being noticed, than they do about money. Money is helpful, but if you take the time to…
Our conversation was about growing spiritually. So many are caught between how they were raised, and the truth of knowing a God beyond that. I hear people say “the bible does not change”! The words don’t change, but our understanding should. Hopefully we live, grow, and study in an effort to look beyond the words. Only…
We have taken a set of stories, directions and so many letters and turned them into an idol. I myself am in love with Gods’ word. Only to the point that it shows me how to love. I have read it through many times. Studied it in different translations and spent time even trying to…
As I spoke with him I could tell he was concerned about understanding scripture. There are thousands of interpretations of the bible. “How do we know what or who to believe?”Too be unsettled about God, faith, and scripture puts most people in a state of stress. Because we will never fully understand the bible, or…
In the movie Wonka’s mother had written: “It’s not the chocolate that matters. It’s who you share it with”. So it is, with the love of Christ. The point in the gospels is not that Jesus can work miracles. It is not for us to be astounded that Jesus can turn five loaves and two…
My heart weighs heavy. My emotions run high. Tears fill my eyes and pour down my cheeks. This question fills my mind… invades my heart. WHY DO WE HAVE ENEMIES? For many years I lived a life of judgement. Judging others based on lifestyles… As Christ has filled my heart to the brink, new insight…
Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of pure love. If you want to see paradise simply look around and view it. If you want to change the world, there’s nothing to it. There is no life I know to compare with pure love. Living there you’ll be free, if you truly wish…
I woke early this morning, after Christmas, to look back! The presents are gone. The stockings are on the floor. Just like that, the day we look forward to all year long, is gone. Soon lights will come down and the songs, well they have already disappeared. As I sit and ponder this time of…
I thought I got it! Every Christmas, I look at and read about the nativity scene but the true deep reality of it never fully came clear. In that time a stable was simply a lien-to and perhaps the most disgusting structure in town. Under its’ roof the dirtiest place would have been the manger. …
His teaching was troublesome. As we observe so many nativity scenes they bring to mind the special nature of our Saviors birth. Each one made different but each one containing the same picture. His teaching was on the inaccuracy of the many nativities. Were the wisemen really there? Did they lay the gifts before the…