This was a week of many lessons. Perhaps the most important was the reminder that “We are the Church.” During a Kairos weekend, one of the most memorable talks is entitled “We are the Church.” The purpose of the talk is to remind inmates that […]
Month: January 2012
Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” Matthew 3:2Over two thousand years ago, Jesus came to announce the arrival of the Kingdom of God. Sometimes I feel like He got the timing all wrong. Like when I watched the Presidential Debates. Seemed like […]
Quietly Sharing Jesus
People don’t meet the Lord in the Church. Not usually anyway. They meet Him out in the world. They don’t always know that it’s Him. Sometimes they don’t figure that out until later, perhaps in Church. They meet Him as they struggle through their lives, […]
The Father Knows Best
Last Saturday was my grand daughter Samantha’s birthday. She had gotten a Take A Kid to the Game ticket to the UL basketball game and asked me to take her. I agreed before I realized that the end of the Saints game and almost all […]
Five Reasons for Church Attendance
Computers are strange things. Yesterday an old note popped up twice on my iPad. There is no logical reason for it to do so. It is dated September 2010 and is entitled Five Reasons for Church Attendance. Since I just lost my Pastor and I’m […]
Forced Fast from the Familiar
Yesterday we looked at a period of focused listening to God. In place of “fasting” I suggested that we need to identify distractions, things that keep us from focusing on God, and try to remove those from our lives.Sometimes these distractions are so obvious or […]
Fifteen Days of Focused Listening to God
Today at Amana we are starting a fifteen day period of focused listening to God. Some are calling it prayer and fasting; but that’s too confusing. Most people think that means going on a diet and praying God will get you through it. The success […]
Big Day
What a big day. I am sitting in Waffle House wearing a Drew Brees jersey. This morning I will spend finding a birthday present for Samantha followed by lunch with my wife. At 2:30 I will be in front of my television watching the Saints. […]