As difficult as it may be to die for what you believe, it is more difficult (and more blessed) to live for what you believe.
Posts Tagged: resurrection
Prayer of Resurrection, Incarnation, and Transfiguration
Have you ever been with someone in need, someone in a desperate place? Have you held their hand while her shaking body wept? Have you awkwardly stood by while he says, “I don’t know what to do.” Have you ever taken that great leap of faith to say, “Can I pray for you?” If that’s… Read more »
On the Mountain of Moriah
Click here to listen: I’ve been rereading The Lord of the Rings because it is one of my favorite set of books and . . . it’s one of the few books that I was able to find as we were unpacking boxes. There is a scene about three quarters through the book where the… Read more »
All Things Are Possible
Click here to listen to the sermon: Podcast 070713 edited All things are possible through Christ. All things are possible, except maybe leaving a friends house with three children without breaking something. This week went to a friend’s house for the fourth of July, and we spent much of the afternoon in their backyard having a… Read more »
In the Name of Love …
Listen Here: Sermon Several months ago, Jack and I were at a Board of Ordained Ministry meeting together, and he asked me how Broadmoor—Shreveport was going and I asked him how The Well was treating him. He asked me where I was headed after Broadmoor. “I don’t know,” I said. “It would be good to be… Read more »
The Twin–Second Sunday of Easter
Dr. Lindsey Pherigo, professor at St. Paul’s School of Theology, once described the Gospel of John as a beautiful string of pearls. Each story is beautiful in and of itself, but when they are strung together, they become a beautiful work of art. Good art is much more than brush strokes on a canvas. Good… Read more »
An Idle Tale?
Many years ago my Father and I were walking along the beach and I asked him, “How do you know God exists?” He thought for a moment. Then he said, “Do you see that flock of seagulls hovering over the water there? I know that there is a school of fish just below the surface. … Read more »
RootedLA Week 3–I Am Light
Here is this week’s discussion starter for RootedLA. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH7SDMnCcMo&feature=youtu.be] Discussion Questions 1. What images of light is the Spirit emphasizing in your soul from the video? What did you see? What did you hear? 2. What are the broken places in which you are being called to reveal the light of Christ,… Read more »
The Sixth Sense
The Gospel of John is the most sensual of all Gospels. It requires us to use all of our faculties to discern its meaning. Throughout most of the gospel we have to use our eyes. Jesus is the light of the world. In him was life and the life was light, and the light shines… Read more »
Love Wins . . .
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void. Darkness covered the face of the deep and God’s spirit hovered over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, and God saw the light and it was good. Day after day God’s… Read more »