I am reading and leading a group of people through the book, The Shack. In the book God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit appear to the main character in person. The four of them were preparing a meal, Jesus drops a bowl of some food. The bowl breaks and food splatters everywhere and gets on [...]
Similar to an open mic night, I thought I’d make this an open keyboard blog. What are your questions? What are the things you’re pondering, thinking about, struggling with? This blog isn’t for the elders of Evergreen to just spout off ideas, it’s here to serve as a jumping off point for discussion for you, [...]
What a tough place to be. However, I think there is hope, because recognizing you are broken is a great first step. What is hard about admitting you are broken?
Secondly, after admitting your are broken and in need of restoration, the hope is that there is someone you can go to to help you through [...]
My guess is that most followers of Jesus would not doubt the importance of reading scripture.
In the gospel of John the Word was God and the Word became flesh, the Word is Jesus. As followers of Jesus we should learn about Jesus to following him better. The scriptures are God’s word left to us for learning, teaching, [...]
On Sunday in church someone made a joke about the 4 spiritual laws as if there was something wrong with them. But what is wrong with them? Truthfully there is nothing wrong with the concepts of the laws at all, but it is how they are used and presented by people and that they do [...]
Do you remember the days when main TV channels used to “sign off” at 1 in the morning? The national anthem would be played and then…static noise. How long would it take you to turn off the TV after the static was playing? Probably less than one minute. Why? Because listening and watching static is [...]
Paul records in his first letter to Timothy 4:7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
I have watched two movies [...]
I remember in a past business I had when I or someone used to say, “Well, under the circumstances, I cannot do this or that”, I or someone else was always told, “Well, why are you under there?” This was said because I or other people were usually making excuses why they did not or [...]
A friend of mine wrote me an email the other day telling me about a book titled, “When Goliath Doesn’t Fall by Jody Conrad. My friend is real good friends with the author. Here is the Amazon.com summary of the book.
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the [...]
Hairshirts are out! Mortification of the flesh is soooooo middle ages. Today spiritual disciplines really need to be focused on our relationship with God in a world where God gets crowded by everyday distractions.
Turn off the radio. Use the quiet of the car to pray out loud. Do it for the whole drive or just [...]
