Obsession with power, in the church
You begin to see something distressing in the church. Can it, might it, be an obsession with power, eerily like the Baal worship of old? Whatever do you do?
Tabor: When God says, “This is the day!”
At Mount Tabor, God told Deborah and Barak, “This is the day I will give you victory over your oppressors.” What deliverance is he giving into your hands today?
Prayer of the Body, for the Body, of Christ
Would you pray with me “that, as the Bride of Christ, we will continue to learn to ‘walk in beauty’ with our fellow man and God." - Mark Charles
Toxic church – and a promise of real belonging
Long ago and still today, God promises his traumatized, grieving, scattered people: I will be a sanctuary to you. I will protect you. I will gather you back.
Masters of misdirection and mesmerizing fog
People like King Ahab spend their lives using and abusing others, to get what they want. They also mesmerize and misdirect us, so we won’t see them as they are.
Feast of Joy, in times when life is hard
In a distressing time in my life, God gave me an oasis of joy. At Sukkot, he invited me into the joy that is at once bedrock and a bubbling, underground spring.
Spiritual schizophrenia and the two-headed snake
"How long will you try to go both ways?" Elijah cried. Where people identified with God cling to deep double-mindedness, they empower a two-headed snake.
Facing shame – so freedom and favor can flow
Shame can torment and shackle us. Yet Jesus bore our sins. He bore our pain. He teaches us how to face and deal with shame, so freedom and favor can flow.
Weak but strong: Write and speak by the Spirit
“I am weak, but he is strong.” When we know that, ahh, then we can learn to speak and write the powerful words given to us by the Spirit of Christ within us.
Exhaling the life and breath of God
Spiritual exhaling releases what God breathes into you, for the building of his kingdom and the honor of his name. Exhaling the Breath of God, you release life.
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