September 6, 2020
We were all born into a world that is in love with differences. We have all learned the love language of enmity. Paul has something to say about that in the book of Romans.
Brian Sturtz
August 30, 2020: Long lost love
August 30, 2020
Inside the human heart is the reflex to segregate, judge and distance. If Jesus is doing anything through his words and actions, he is rearranging our instinct to choose judgement over love.
August 23, 2020: Welcoming Phoebe
August 23, 2020
Christian community is not about surrounding yourself with folks who think like, act like, dress like, worship like and sin like you. The heart of the church is about reconciliation to God to other people. It is all about welcoming Phoebe.
August 16, 2020: Drinking real wine
August 16, 2020
Communion is teaching us all some deep and wide lessons about how to be Jesus people.
August 9, 2020 Method to the Kindness
August 9, 2020
Being a follower of Jesus means becoming a student of Jesus. In other words it takes some effort. One area that takes effort currently is practicing the spiritual discipline of kindness.
July 26, 2020 War and Peace
July 26, 2020
This is the same problem that Jesus had with the Pharisees. They were so concerned with the law that they failed to see that people were more important than the law. The Pharisees weren’t wrong about their information. They were wrong about God. They were wrong about God’s love for people.
July 26, 2020: Grace Dispenser
July 19, 2020
If we aren’t careful grace can become little more than a get-out-of-hell free card. Grace involves rejection and a new standard.
Burn a church
July 12, 2020
Some people just want to burn a church down. Others are on a slow burn walking away from the church. Maybe in the middle of all this the church needs to remember and live out the new story we already knew.