When the winds of our own fearful hearts and our unruly tongues are causing us to sink into ourselves, we are to rebuke it–and name it to God, and ask how we are to live differently.
We are not meant for security, we are meant for love.
I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…
by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense
In a world where friends are made and lost with the click of the mouse, what is the purpose of friendship? Jesus demonstrates care in choosing friends to help him strive towards a beloved community.
The forces of evil will have won if we become so involved in what has been done to us, or what might happen in the future, that we forget how to be joyful servants in God’s kingdom today.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. — Martin Luther King Jr.
What glimpses have you seen of the goodly heritage that can be yours in a life following Jesus?
In conversation, in open and nonjudgmental listening, we link our arms, we link our lives, in love. We learn one another’s joys and sorrows. We find out what sort of help we each need and when we most need it.
I sometimes strain to see the reign of God, the “yeast action,” at work in my country these days. Even many who name themselves Christian incarnate values of denigration, domination, greed, division, baseness, and every form of oppression, mostly notably racism.