Kyle Creek notices that in many instances “we’re actively seeking the novelty, warmth, and value of the real world.” And that the developing technology was all supposed to help us grow closer. And other platitudes like that. Yeah. Sure. Have me tell you some time about the evening of the afternoon I learned that my…

“I believe many of us are finally becoming disenchanted enough with social media, dating apps, and other forms of (dis)connected tech that we’re actively seeking the novelty, warmth, and value of the real world.” — Kyle Creek Simmer with me in that awhile. We’ll get back to it. Meanwhile, self-inventory: what are you and I…

“The Gospel is fiction when judged by the Empire, but the Empire is fiction when Judged by the Gospel.” Thus spake Walter Bruggemann. What say you? RSVP

Speaking of those earliest members of the Church, our Bibles say this — “…they were all together….” (Acts 2:1) and “All the believers were together….” (Acts 2:44) and “They continued to meet together with glad and sincere hearts.” (Acts 2:46b) — I’ll stop right there and let’s you and me look in that Acts 2…

“Be the reason someone loves Jesus. Not the reason they hate Christians.” — Kissing Fish Book “They’ll know we are Christians by our love.” — an ancient song, often sung as long ago as the 1900s. “See how those Christians love one another!” — Tertullian Even Jesus talked about this: John 13:34 + 35

Hugh Hoffman was a very successful business owner and investor who lived in Ft. Lauderdale. Super active in his local United Methodist Church, he helped pastors and missionaries and chaplains and etc. and our families by providing two free weeks in vacation homes. Ask me about him sometime; great stories of an even greater storyteller.…

Stop. Catch your breath. Hit the pause button. Yes, you can. Yes, we can. Becky Hemsley wrote this — DON’T DO ANYTHING. JUST REST. Don’t fall into the trap of believing that doing nothing… means doing nothing for yourself. We’ve been conditioned to believe that not being productive is somehow a failure. That if it…

The following is from John Wesley…with [these] edited in by me because, well, when I was in seminary such things were taught and I still think [this kinda thing] is important and that Mr. Wesley would as well. Why? Because as a young child in a Children’s Sermon yesterday reminded all of us, “People matter.”…

Jon Acuff wrote this, and it’s simply too good not to share. I hear SO many echoes of Scripture in general and Christ Jesus in particular — Try This: Change You First, Then Change the World My friend can’t be happy until the supply chain is fixed.  I don’t know what that means, but that’s…

Johann Sebastian Bach died working on what many consider his greatest work. Literally: he died while writing Contrapunctus 14 in The Art of Fugue. (From Strength to Strength, by Arthur C. Brooks, p. 38) In midmeasure. Years later, his son C. P. E. Bach wrote these words at that spot on that manuscript: German: Uber…