(The header photo is a downed pine near the school gym where my church met for a year and a half after Hurricane Michael. From the road it looked like rays of sun radiating from its smiley face center!) Charles Westerhoff, a Christian educator, described...
1/19/2021; The ancient Fathers and Mothers of our faith taught 3 stages of growing in Christ: Purgative- the first stage of recognizing, repenting, and separating from the world and the things that tempt and keep us in bondage to sin. Illuminative- the second stage of...
Evening meditation: The Lord has had me for several days reflecting on the dual nature of one’s relationship with Him….captivated by His steadfast love AND enjoying intimate fellowship through living in righteousness. And the reality that we can know that...
Abraham Maslow said that humans NEED peak transcendent experiences with the divine for becoming their fully best selves….. how sad that Western institutions lopped off the top part of his “hierarchy of needs”, omitting spiritual transcendence, and...
Today Pastor Terry Tatum preached at Lynn Haven UMC on conversion and repentance. At one point he referred to himself as one who had come to see his ego “self” as one inch big in comparison to a prior opinion of himself as a super-hero! It reminded me of a day when I...
I observed some folks mentally applauding this meme: “If churches want to help people heal they need to become trauma-informed. Everything is not the devil.” As it garnered “likes” I thought to myself ( and posted): Who or what do you think was responsible for the...
