This has been an incredible journey for me to this point. We have finished our last week in this series at The Dwelling Place, but have only begun to scratch the surface of how this all applies to us practically as the church. Our goal was to lay a firm foundation for our ecclesiology. I believe the first layer has been laid well. It's now up to all of us to act as wise builders [...]
"Liquidity (n.): When you look at your investments and wet your pants." A little humor from Philippa @ MentalReflections, dishing up a little wisdom and practical reflections about real life. Pop over a read her blog.
Today is my wife Amy's birthday. She hasn't aged a day since this picture 20 years ago. My life has been enriched by her every day. No other woman would put up with me the way she does. "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord." Proverbs 18:22 Check out that mullet. Aren't you jealous? We are only afforded so many such events to celebrate in life. We [...]
I'm thinking... If we were only as eager for change in our personal lives as we are for change in our nation. Too often we long for the wrong things to satisfy our angst. While we debate over who has the best policies for change, and honestly, in my opinion I could not really tell who is right. One is right and one is wrong, but who? Obama is going to save you more, so he [...]
"It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God - but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people - and this is not learned in five minutes." Oswald Chambers Discipleship is a process. It's moment by moment. It's the ordinary things that produce the character necessary to support the Great Moments. The exceptional things [...]
