As you can see there are changes happening to this website as we are changing it from a personal blog by John Hobbs to Transforming Life Ministries. We will post more details about TLM soon as a main article to all of you as well as e-news to our subscribers and supporters. This site is changing to reflect the ministry of TLM. One of the Online Resources which will be provided by Transforming Life Ministries will [...]
We've all heard the phrase "tough love", maybe even experienced it in our adolescence as we clumsily navigated through some rebellious patch of our life growing up. Hopefully you are not still stuck there. It can be painful both as a parent and a recipient of tough love. I however, have been experiencing tough love of a different nature lately and this morning took a moment to meditate on it. What I'm dealing with is [...]
I stopped by my Grand Mother's house today to pick up some flowers she wanted us to have. Granny Hobbs is 91 now and for as long as I can remember she has given everything away. My daughter asked me, "Why is she giving us that stuff?" Well she also included a case of Yoohoo, Sunny D and cookies. I told my daughter, "Granny Hobbs came into this world with nothing and she will leave with nothing", [...]
I was reflecting this morning on the effects of revelation on one's life. Paul speaks several places in scripture about the revelation of Christ and His gospel and their impact upon his life. This revelation had a death and life effect on Paul. This revelation is a mystery revealed and cannot be understood by someone who has not experienced it. No one can teach it to you. It is "... the mystery which has been [...]
This is a great post by Katie Driver about the adventure of Simple/Organic Church. It can also be found at CMA Resources. The Journey of Discovery, by Katie Driver I have a lot of conversations with people who are struggling with the blind adventure of the simple, organic and missional church life. I hear things like; " I don't really know what to do!", "I wish someone could show me how this works!", "I tried that/that, [...]
