God Is Greater

Westboro Baptist The Westboro Baptist Church came to Richmond, V A today. Never heard of them?  Do a web search and you’ll be amazed, I (hopefully) saddened.  I don’t want to give them too much time because they don’t deserve too much attention.  When they act, however, they claim to represent Jesus and his church. […]

  Imagine…as the result of some sort of catastrophe, your church suddenly found itself without its building.     Discuss how the ministry of your church might proceed under such circumstances.  How would you be the church God has called you to be – the living presence of Christ to those he is calling and gifting your […]

Heard this recently:  Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. While they were out in the boat, a terrible storm arose. The sea became very choppy and they had a difficult time keeping the boat under control. As they steered toward land, they hit a sandbar […]

All the talk among adults at Christmas is about gift-giving.  What will we buy/make/give to our friends, family, loved ones, and especially to our children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.  I wonder if the kids might not have it right.  For them, Christmas is more about gift-getting than gift-giving.   Religion asks us to give to God […]

Shalom (the Hebrew word most often translated “peace”) is never a negative.  It never refers to the absence of something (war, crime, hatred, racism).  Rather “shalom” refers to everything needed for life to be whole, complete, attaining the highest good. During this week of Advent peace, pray not for the end of violence, but for […]

The Bible (in Luke 3:1-6) says the following:  “Tiberius Caesar had been ruling for 15 years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was the ruler of Galilee. His brother Philip was the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis. Lysanias was ruler of Abilene. Annas and Caiaphas were high priests. At that time God’s word came […]