Oh the beauty of diversity. How different we are in every way, including our ability to communicate. If you haven't learned by now then you either don't realize that people misunderstand what you've tried to say or you don't care if you are misunderstood. But, if we value relationship with the ones we are trying to communicate with then we will take the time to learn. To assume you are heard simply because you think you [...]
"In high school I was a friend of Herbert Orin Tubbs, a scrappy country boy from Alabama who loved to kill snakes, shoot guns and play basketball. Herbert, despite what you might imagine from my description, was quite intelligent, and when he graduated was offered a full scholarship to a good private university. Surprisingly Herbert, turned down the scholarship, stayed home and went to a local community college part-time. When I asked him why he [...]
It has been a while since I posted anything. I really meant to, but could not quite bring myself to. I love to write, being a teacher by nature, as you can see by what I post here. I love to take the word and apply it to life. However, I love relating to people even more. In order to be truly missional, the word has to become incarnational. "And the Word became flesh and [...]
Fellowship is something that we generally equate to hanging out with other people or doing something together. In this third week of our series "Going Deep", we look again at Acts 2:42-47 which says the new believers "devoted themselves to....the fellowship...". "And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done [...]
In this 3rd week of rethinking church we are looking at The church as a community. The word community itself tells us something about the church. It is a common unity. "And all that believed were together, and had all things common..." Acts 2:44 Throughout the scriptures we find the community of God's people who together share their faith and lives in common. The description God most often gives to this community of believer and [...]
