Untakeable, Unshakable Joy
So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. (John 16:22) This great promise comes from the lips of Jesus Himself. So many people in our world do try
Category Archives: Faith & Witness
A City of Joy
You can see almost anything in my town. You can see poverty and plenty, sorrow and happiness, but my town is seldom known as a place of great joy. It is a place where people work, live, and perhaps celebrate, but it usually not simply
Joy Does Not Come Easily
Joy does not come easily. The day begins with the caller I.D. warning against picking up the ringing phone. The breakfast bowl sees measured portions – rations – of store brand cereal and milk. Miss the bus. Spend the day with unhappy customers. Ensure bus
Pennies from Heaven
I found a penny today, just laying on the ground; But it’s not just a penny, this little coin I’ve found. Found pennies come from Heaven, that’s what my Grandpa told me; He said that angels toss them down-Oh, how I loved that story!” He
Coming Home
I stood in the emergency room of a local hospital with a young man who was barely 20, who was badly beaten and stabbed. He had been working the streets to get money for something to eat and a place to stay. He was on
After the Storm
Revelation 21: 5: “See, I am making all things new.” Many who may be reading this might be where I once found myself. Others may have moved forward, and merely want to see or read about the path, or beliefs of another, if for no
Tammy Faye: An Appreciation
Read our interview with Tammy Faye’s son, Jay Bakker One of my heroes passed away this summer, on July 20, 2007. Tammy Faye Messner spent her years after the PTL Club scandal ostracized by many in the established church, and she said many times that
The God That Failed Me
That’s right. I felt that way at one time, that God had failed me. Not the real God that I know now, mind you; the real God, the God of Love, is not even capable or aware of such a fear-based human invention as “failure.”
I Don’t Understand Fundamentalists
Listen to the podcast episode I don’t understand fundamentalists. I wish I did. It would make things a whole lot easier. If I understood them, I’d know how to talk to them, how to convince them that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith
What Remains?
Talk about an instance of what seems to be the worst possible timing! Just before the time that Easter, and the time when one of the key events in the Bible is said to have happened and believed by many Christians to have happened (the