13
Aug
Sermon Notes From Sunday August 2nd
These are here for my own personal archival and reference. Move along people, nothing too see here… Read more
3
Aug
Quote {Don Wyrtzen}
Think of stepping on the shore and finding it heaven, of touching a hand and finding it God’s, of breathing new air and finding it celestial, of waking up in glory and finding it home. Read more
1
Aug
A Thought About Christianity Compared To Fire
Dana and I decided to have a fire the other night. Because I’ve never really been “wilderness man” (Compared to my brother who could just look at a stack of twigs and they catch on fire) it usually takes me a couple minutes or so to get a flame going. Read more
22
Jul
Quote {Simone Weil}
In the period of preparation for loving God, the soul loves in emptiness. It does not know whether anything real answers its love. It may believe that it knows, but to believe is not to know. Such a belief does not help. The soul knows for certain only that it Read more
21
Jul
Thoughts About Christianity {My Relationship With God}
Re-Learning My Relationship With God The closest analogy of “progress” with my relationship with God would be that as a man climbing a ladder to a roof of a house. Every day that would pass where I wouldn’t lose my temper or didn’t indulge my mind in lustful thoughts would be Read more
26
Jun
The Prayer Of John Ballie
Teach me, O God, so to use all the circumstances of my life today that they may bring forth in me the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits of sin. Let me use disappointment and material for patience. Let me use success as material for thankfulness. let me use Read more
7
Jun
Quote {Phillip Yancey}
Forgiveness is an act of faith. By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am. By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness of God to work out. I leave in God’s hands the scales that Read more
30
May
Proverbs 15:31-32
The ear that listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise. Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. Read more
8
Nov
If Starbucks Acted Like Most Churches Do…
There is so much truth in this… “Deep down inside… I know a bean has been planted…” The video is after the jump. Read more