One of my favorite passages on Good Friday:
Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.”
22His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24Simon Peter [...]
Archive for the ‘Jesus’ Category
10 Apr
The ultimate volunteer
11 Sep
Time with Jesus. Or not.
Thanks to the Upper Room for posting prayer as a lost art. We’re currently talking about spiritual practices at the Orchard and just recently talked about how we can spend time with Jesus in a meaningful way. I don’t think this is what God had in mind…
25 Aug
All we need is…
Cool bible reading for me this morning out of 1 John 4 especially verses 18-21:
The Message phrases it this way…
God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and [...]
11 Aug
The morning after
Well here I am, coming up out of the water yesterday at my baptism. OK, my and 130+ others’ baptisms! What a great day. Kids had a ball on the huge inflatable slide, crawl-thru caterpillar, face painting and balloon creations. 5Bs BBQ laid out an awesome spread of BBQ chicken and pork chops. Ashton [...]
3 Jul
Still don’t get Romans 6
On my pastor’s recommendation last weekend, I decided to read through the book of Romans this week. I thought maybe it could help me get a handle on some things. Namely, why I lack the courage to receive good things from God like health, living freely, peace of mind. And, as I’m reading, a few [...]
18 May
Relationship or Religion?
Thanks Paul for a “coincidental” post on having a relationship with Jesus vs. religion which was a theme this weekend at The Orchard. Scott related the story of Mary, Lazarus’ sister, who at one time sat at Jesus’ feet, hanging on his every word. Yet when Lazarus dies contrary to the message Jesus sends that [...]
13 Mar
But enough about me…
Just got back from reading an awesome post at Floating Axhead entitled “The Church of Oprah”. Check it out for all the specifics. Essentially it quotes Oprah in her recent promotion of Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” as the be all and end all philosophy to live by. It appears self focused and scarily, Oprah [...]
27 Oct
Wannabe
We had a great mom’s group this last week including some good prayer time together. One of the things we prayed for was to be more like Jesus every day. Then I got to thinking…
What does that mean? My first thought was that I want to be more kind, more gentle, and never make mistakes. [...]
27 Jul
Jesus. The ultimate in relevant.
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in [...]
13 Jul
Shhh…be vewy, vewy quiet
Is it Elmer Fudd? No its Ecclesiastes 5. The other night I had a list of prayer requests that I really wanted to take my time praying over. I retired to my room, closed the door, flopped on the bed and opened my bible to Ecclesiastes 5. I’m a little over a year behind on [...]
