Our relationship with Jesus is dependent upon the fact that it is a relationship, and as relationships go, both parties need to be involved.

We cannot expect to sit in front of our televisions and computers, away and isolated from others and God and be able to say with the full confidence of our humility that we are walking with Jesus. Yes, there ( Read more... )

I was at a worship session the other night, and in the midst of it these words came to mind, prompted by the Words of John chapter 14:5-14::

I confess
...I let my head take over
rather than let you work through me in your spirit
and your truth

I confess
that I am broken without you
that I have no bounds on my own
that it is You who works within me
that it ( Read more... )

I was reading a bit online about post-modern Christianity... more specifically looking at emergent churches and the Emergent Village movement when I stumbled across a two-part audio lecture on the topic of evangelism (here, and here). The speaker, a Dr. Scot McKnight was speaking to an assembly of graduate students and faculty involved with ( Read more... )

in my anger i faltered,
in my haste i ran away
the funny thing is you refused
to let me go astray
what i thought i wanted
only brought me the grave,
what i thought i hated,
was exactly what i needed:
( extended hands to save )

( God Tells Us About The Future )

we the united sheep of america
will do anything to feel accepted.
we will follow the crowd, even when the crowd
is going nowhere. we embrace its values
as our own, even when it has none.
we intoxicate ourselves to the point of
mindlessness, and give our bodies over
to someone else's pleasure. we spend
our lives trying to pursue that which
some call success ( Read more... )

"If you see yourself carrying God to places, it can be exhausting; God is really heavy." -Rob Bell (Velvet Elvis ( Read more... )

It's been on my heart lately that I must be an example to others...

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity."  -1Tim4:12

How am I setting an example in speech?  How am I setting an example at all if I never say anything? If I never question? ( Read more... )

Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.
Proverbs 11:12
A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue.
Proverbs 17:4
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.
Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue ( Read more... )