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A Jesus Shaped Life

A Jesus Shaped Life

After Sunday worship at one of the congregations in my diocese, I met with the church’s leadership for the standard review of finances, attendance figures, evangelism strategies, and the like. One of the leaders was visibly angry. He said nothing until we came to the...
More Than You Bargained For

More Than You Bargained For

Sometimes you don’t realize what you’re getting into. I don’t have bad things in mind. Actually, I’m thinking about good things like marriage or parenting. It’s not that we knew nothing at all about these kinds of relationships before we got hitched or before...
What Are You Looking For?

What Are You Looking For?

Listen to AudioSometimes you don’t realize what you’re getting into.  Now I don’t have bad things in mind.  In fact, I’m thinking about good things like marriage or parenting.  It’s not that we knew nothing at all about these kinds of relationships before we got...
From Sharing the Road to Following the Way

From Sharing the Road to Following the Way

Click This Link to Listin to the AudioThere’s a difference between sharing the road with someone else and following somebody.  On my frequent trips up and down I-49 and US 165 and US 171, across I-20 and US 84, I share the road with scores of fellow travelers.Romero...
Feeding Sheep with the Ham of God

Feeding Sheep with the Ham of God

If you are following Jesus to get into heaven when you die, you are not really following Jesus.  You’re pursuing your own agenda, and Jesus seems to you to be the best strategy to get what you’re after.  Following Jesus means just that: following Jesus.  Just to...
Soaring Lessons

Soaring Lessons

Anne Lamott tells the story of riding a ski lift.  She intended to get off at the intermediate slope, but failed to recognize the jump-off until the lift had moved on.  Lamott decided to leap from the moving lift from a height of five or six feet.  She did not soar...