All my life, I have been warned about the ‘wrong crowd’. We are told the way the world works is that one bad apple will ruin the whole barrel, that the bad kids will influence the good kids, that bad is more influential than good. It even sounds right.
The big thing for me, though, is [...]
It will come as no surprise to long-time readers of mine that I believe in the Kingdom of God, not as an abstract concept or just the hope of heaven when I die but also as a present, current reality and the Gospel Jesus preached.
I came across a beautiful discussion of the Kingdom of God [...]
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In one of his books, Brian McLaren talks about how he often prays the Lord’s Prayer. but will try to put it in different words, in order to not merely recite by rote.
Recently I was looking at Eugene Peterson’s translation of the Bible (The Message) and seeing those familiar words in a completely unusual way [...]
The concept of the Kingdom of God plays a huge part in my worldview. Whether you call it the Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Beloved Community or Peaceable Kingdom, a cursory reading of the teachings of Jesus will show that he was all about making it on earth as it is in heaven.
That being [...]
Gina and her husband took some pictures of the Picnic in the Park on the Fourth of July. Here are a few samples, all of the pictures she sent are loaded on our flickr account, where you can look at them, comment on them and share them with your friends.
By the way, Gina earlier this [...]
Dear Friends,
If you come into this expecting to save everyone, you will be dissapointed. You will not get most addicts to stop using crack, you will not get everyone a job and you will not get most Christians out of their nice, safe suburban churches and get them actually engaged in loving people who have [...]