Category Spiritual Markers

I’ve finished reading McManus’ Seizing Your Divine Moment and have begun John Ortberg’s God Is Closer than You Think. While I rarely recommend movies, I am prompt to promote pages. Ortberg is always an entertaining and provocative read. My current…

I’ve been studying Ephesians one section at a time for the last month or two. I was struck this a.m. by the powerful illlustration used in chapter 5, verses 8-14, about light and darkness. For you were once darkness, but…

Living according the teachings of Jesus and His follwers as revealed in the New Testament… so many folks act like it’s burdensome or difficult. Now, don’t get me wrong. Our main struggle is with our conflicting desires – to gratify…

I couldn’t be more excited about our church’s upcoming Journey to Financial Freedom month. A recent study showed that the average American family carries $7500 in credit card debt. This is true for Christians and non-Christians, unfortunately. For those of…

Wow. Kiki is reading the Q’uran. Now if I could just get half the Christians I know and relate with to read their Bibles regularly…

Featured Post from the Past: Perhaps it’s because I just read Hewitt’s book about Christian ambition, or perhaps it’s because this epiphany of realization is so bright that I gotta wear shades, but the article called Get a Haircut and…

This entry is pretty much a journal entry that became the message at Journey Church a few weeks back. The more I’ve studied the commands for followers of Christ to love in the New Testament, the more I’ve been struck…

Thanks, Mom, for sending this to me… BTW, it’s true! This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLeod on September 1,…

Above all, love each other deeply… 4.8 The apostle tells us to to love each other as an overarching command. It is to be our regular “attitude” (4.1) and the default of our Christian core. When life has gotten hectic,…