"In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have" 1 Peter 3:15 To be provocative means to provoke a response. Christians are to be provocative. Not in the sense that we provoke people to …
Month: August 2008
The Reformation of a Material Girl
Ali Eastburn was a self described "material girl". She liked her stuff. Near the top of the list of that stuff was her diamond wedding ring. Through an incredible prodding from God she came to realize that her ring was an idol. She also came to realize that most of the diamonds in the world …
A mega-church fish in a house church ocean
I am used to being different from people whom I connect with. In college I was the lone protestant getting a degree in Theology from a Roman Catholic/Charismatic university. I was one of two non-episcopalians getting a Masters degree from an Episcopal seminary. So being possibly the only mega-church staff member at a national conference …
Planning Next Years Family Vacation
Here in Florida, summer is officially over. Most kids are back in school and family vacations for 2008 are behind us. That makes it the perfect time in my mind to start planning for 2009. Why? Lets look at what you did for that vacation a few weeks or months ago. Ten years from now …
Forgiveness: Our Most Difficult Calling
"Bear with one another and forgive whatever grievances you have against each other. Forgive as the Lord forgives you" Colossians 3:13 As Christians we are usually very in tune to having been forgiven by Christ, at least when we first come to faith in Him. What is much more difficult is forgiving people as we …
Waiting for Fay
By Florida standards, hurricane/tropical storm Fay looks to be a minor blip on the radar of meteorological history. Some wind, lots of rain, even more hype. Yet as I watch the dark clouds of outer bands sweep across the sky and watch comfortably from Barnies Coffee & Tea Company as trees bend in the parking …
At the table with Jesus
Bruce is Jewish by birth and a follower of Jesus by the grace of God. Sort of what many of my southern friends say about being born in America and south of the Mason/Dixon line. Several years ago Bruce and I where talking about communion, the celebration of the past supper that Jesus had with …
Having a mission
Thoreau said that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation". I have to believe that if he is right it is because the mass of men, and women, are plodding through life without a sense of why they are here and what they are doing. Inside we want to be significant. We want …
