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Emmaus Road Church: May 2009
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A Community of People Journeying Toward Genuine and Authentic Faith in Christ. Thursday, May 28, 2009. S)he who has ears . . . I've offered this thought for reflection before here. But reading Brennan Manning's book "The Furious Longing of God" last night brought me to the same idea in a slightly different way. It's worth reprinting Manning's words here. How is it then that we've come to imagine that Christianity consists primarily in what we do for God? How has this come to be the good news of Jesus?
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Emmaus Road Church: GPS: Reorient Yourself
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A Community of People Journeying Toward Genuine and Authentic Faith in Christ. Monday, June 8, 2009. Note: Emmaus Road Church will meet every Sunday in June at 6 pm We'd consider it a privilege if you joined us.). A couple of weeks ago I began the journey of reading through the entire Bible in 90 days. I'd love if you join me and tell me about it. Don't be legalistic about it if you miss a day, but allow it to stretch you to read more than you have before. Here's a link with the schedule. Is it not to re...
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Emmaus Road Church: June 2009
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A Community of People Journeying Toward Genuine and Authentic Faith in Christ. Monday, June 29, 2009. Living like 1 billion others. This Thursday @ 6 pm we're going to have our first "Poverty Supper". Beans and rice, and nothing else, will be provided. And Cherry Street Mission. The other 50% will go global to organizations like Nazarene Disaster Relief. And Nazarene Compassionate Ministries. On this planet, including some in the U.S., subsist on the equivalent or less each day. We hope you'll join us.
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Significantly Irrelevant: October 2012
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Thursday, October 11, 2012. Today we are celebrating Isaak's 11th birthday. And celebrating we are! Over the past year God has brought our family from a place of pain and mourning and chaos to a place of peace and joy and, to be honest, still chaos. Yesterday we wept. But today we laugh. Days Weeks. Months. Years. Because time is a luxury for the hearts that are still beating. It's a measure of breaths and smiles and dawns. But when your heart surrenders to the old, new ceases to exist. Oh, it's there.
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Significantly Irrelevant: January 2013
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Thursday, January 10, 2013. I found out this morning that another one of my cousins from my Dad’s side of the family was sentenced to 14 years in prison on drug related charges. And I took the news hard. So much so that I’ve been surprised with my own reaction. To be honest, I wouldn’t know this kid if I saw him. I don’t even know his real name. We don’t have a relationship and I’m not even sure that he knows that I exist. But I get him off my mind. De te palo, tal astilla. Maybe that’s it. Maybe I forgo...
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Significantly Irrelevant: Possible. Not Perfect.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Possible. Not Perfect. A few weeks ago I had dinner with some old friends from high school. We knew each other so well back then. Almost 20 years ago. We grew up together. We grew apart together. One of them said it first. Then the others agreed. It was suppose to be nice. She meant it at a compliment. It was her perception. Their perception. Their conclusion of the story based on the what they had seen. What I had told them. What I had shown them. But mostly what I had not.
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Significantly Irrelevant: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Possible. Not Perfect. A few weeks ago I had dinner with some old friends from high school. We knew each other so well back then. Almost 20 years ago. We grew up together. We grew apart together. One of them said it first. Then the others agreed. It was suppose to be nice. She meant it at a compliment. It was her perception. Their perception. Their conclusion of the story based on the what they had seen. What I had told them. What I had shown them. But mostly what I had not.
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Significantly Irrelevant: February 2013
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Sunday, February 3, 2013. Less Waiting. More Doing. I heard this today. 8220; Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”. Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” John 14:6-8. How could Phillip have missed that? How could he have been so blind? How could he have been so dumb to ask? Wait Was it dumb? That I had...
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Significantly Irrelevant: January 2010
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Thursday, January 28, 2010. Week 3 of the Kindgom Experiment. I sat in a room last night with people who were sharing openly about some of the hardest times in their lives. Times when they mourned. Their stories were honest and personal and raw.and all in the past tense. Mourning. Something they did. Something that they worked through. A time in the past when they were comforted. Their words and their faces and their tears were beautiful. But blessed are those who still mourn? Going Going. Gone. In this ...
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Significantly Irrelevant: August 2010
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Friday, August 20, 2010. The last few months we have been trying to come up with a new name for our Children's Ministry. I mean, not that Lafayette First Church of the Nazarene Children's Ministry isn't catchy, it just sounds more like a dental procedure than a fun place to come and hang out and learn about Jesus. After lots of thought and discussion and prayer, here is what we came up with:. Our mission is that every kid that comes through our doors would experience the WONDER. Of God, DISCOVER. These t...