I love, love, love Jill Carattini’s devotionals. At Titus 2 we work a lot on understanding the human condition that plagues us all, as part of Step 1 and our powerlessness over it, as Paul says in Romans- “For the good that I would I do not, but the evil...
In Scripture we do not observe Christ serving the Pharisees…except in the dark of night when one came to him to acknowledge that he recognized Christ’s authority and to ask questions….Mostly we see Christ, as he was in their presence over meals, in...
From June 7,2017: Not all of what we do at Titus 2 happens in the classroom. In fact, much of it happens in the day to day coming and going and doing of life. One Sunday as we traveled to church, a young lady said to me, “Being a friend of Jesus is hard. No...
From June 7, 2017: ( Pentecost Sunday 2022 our church heard the witness of a young family called to missions, living among orphans in a facility in Ecuador. They have been foster parents already with 30+ kids in recent years. They leave in August from their years of...
Matthew 12: 43 “Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and put in...
Celebration of Pentecost- Pentecost is one of the most prominent days in the Christian calendar. It is often referred to as the “birthday of the church.” It is the day when Christians around the world celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit broadly and...
From June 4,2017 How appropriate that I should find myself being discontinued from Provisional Deacon status, ending my 9- year pursuit of ordained ministry, on Pentecost Sunday by the Alabama West Florida Conference tonight on recommendation of the Board of Ministry...
Inertia: A body in motion remains in motion, a body at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by an external force. I think it is going to be an “at rest” inertia day….. Tuning out external forces for a while……. . Will resume alternate mode,...
“Every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Perhaps it will not necessarily be by sweet fellowship and peaceful evangelism….. Maybe God has something else in mind based on humankind’s historical unwillingness to learn...
All righteousness of mankind is “as filthy rags”… only the righteousness of God- His grace, mercy, justice, and favor poured out as a blessing to all people of all nations- will provide the safety and nurture every child, every family...
