It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it.
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Can you imagine if Jesus got upset over paying other people’s way into heaven? What if he just gave up and said, “You’re not working for it; why would I?”
Have you ever thought of Jesus as a disciplinarian?
Have you ever tried to have a conversation with someone about a topic that you know little about, but they are clearly very passionate about? You care about this person. You want the conversation to continue. But what do you say?
Ultimately, our hope is not in our own words but in the everlasting words of God. It is on the promises of God we stand.
We were granted unity with one another and told to care for each other as a way to nurture our love of God. It’s a win win!
Along with the rest of creation, God created us. But we were just a form, until God breathed into us.
Do you treat the space around you as though there is potential to create life from it?
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France
Thousands of years later, we are still called to witness today. However, we didn’t see the resurrection, so what do we witness to?
As Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, he told the pharisees that even if the people did not cry out, the stones would. Now, as Jesus makes his triumphant entry back into the world, there is another stone that is witnessing to his power. What do we learn from the stones in the story?
It is easy to get caught up in the hype and energy that follows a crowd around, leading us to do things we would never do if we stopped to think about it.
We might try everything in our power to stop them from happening, but unexpected setbacks are simply a part of life.
While Pastor Hannah is on vacation this week, Jack Moffett will share several whispers that all lead to Charlie Brown… or Jesus. We need to give ourselves space and time to grieve. But we shouldn’t dwell there, and we don’t have to bear it alone.
It is just not fair! They didn’t work as hard as I did. They don’t deserve that. What good have they ever done? It is just not fair!
Worry and fear can be the very emotions that protect us from danger. On the other hand, they can deceive us and lead us to stay in places that don’t hold any real joy.
As our knees shake, and our heart beats a little too fast, as our palms sweat, and our head pounds, we need something solid to lean upon.
In the poem Dante’s Inferno, a case is made that hell is locked from the inside. As he struggles with the sin of lust and pride, he looks to find a way out but understands he is keeping himself there.
In a conversation between two people who hadn’t seen each other for a while, one person said, “You changed.” The other person responded, “We’re supposed to.”
We are all planted somewhere. Maybe we have been somewhere for a long time, and our roots extend deep and wide. Maybe we just arrived, and our roots are shallow. Regardless of time, the fruitfulness of our branches will be determined by what our roots are feeding from.