
Speaking to the Soul: Christ the King of Culture
Perhaps true kingship is not what it appears to be.
Perhaps true kingship is not what it appears to be.
This week it’s going to be hard to try and love some people. Honestly, I can’t say that I will ever love them. I just can’t. What they do is against every Christian belief that I have, and I just can’t let that go. So am I going to do?
I did not know how badly I needed this psalm until I read it. The way it both powerfully connected me with a human who wrote over 2000 years ago.
But I can promise that I will continue in community and open-hearted love with people of all political persuasions. I will speak my truth, and I will listen well to yours.
There’s nothing like an election to remind us about what we are hearing in James today, is there? Yes, without a doubt the most human part of human anatomy is the untamable tongue.
It is all too easy to look at what is right in front of us and believe that there’s nothing else. But, we might learn more about what’s really valuable by examining what we don’t see, never noticed, or what has come and gone.
…where I can be a postage stamp, persistently stuck to a task that needs to be done to bring maybe some joy or happiness or light into someone else’s life when they need it most
After what for me was a very disheartening presidential election, it was a joy to find on Facebook this morning several posts from Church leaders.
Perhaps God is calling us to open our spirits and minds to release the fear that we have fallen into, and allow that new creation to take root within our own stony hearts. That’s the first place this new creation can start.
by Linda McMillan Luke 20:27-38 2 Maccabees 7 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him