Be Amazing
“Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” –Luke 6:28 “No one is safe from being blessed.” –Graham Cooke I don’t have a lot to say in this article, so it shouldn’t take long to get through it all. I know the
Category Archives: Faith & Witness
Rays of Hope
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” -Genesis 1:3 “I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in the night but will have the light of life.” -John 8:12 “Those who do what is true come
Stranger Things Have Happened: The Miracle of Being LGBTQ+
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and
Embraceable Us
“Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you … Embrace me, you irreplaceable you…” (George Gershwin) You and I are nothing short of a miracle. Each and every one of us. Our very individual existence is a miracle. Think of all the people who went into making
Impossible Faith
Given my charismatic ties to Christianity, I’ve seen my share of miracles, whether it was a series of surgical screws disappearing from my brother’s irritated ankle or a small group leader’s leg growing to match the other in length. I know that miracles still happen
Amazed by Grace
mir•a•cle: 1. A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is considered to be divine. 2. A highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment. miracle – From Latin miraculum, “object of wonder”; its ultimate root meant “to
The Mouth Burn of Righteousness
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird,
The Beast Within
Our words reveal who we are. They show forth what is in our heart-of-hearts. Jesus Himself makes this clear. He also says that we will be called to account for every careless word we’ve ever spoken. Do people often pause to reflect on what their
Slippery Tongues
I must confess that I spend a lot of time on Facebook. It has become one of the most common guilty pleasures in our culture. I mostly use it to keep tabs on friends who live across the country from me, some of whom I’ve
Sticks and Stones
“Then Jesus called the crowd again and said to them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile’.” – Mark 7:13 Although I constantly