As Christians, I think we sometimes feel that if we're not good friends with all our fellow believers, we're doing it wrong. That if our brothers and sisters are not also our constant brunch buddies and going-out companions and soul siblings, we've failed or we won't be able to maintain a Christlike relationship. But that isn't true. [Click title to read more.]
Category: fellowship
Stepping Outside Your Demographic
Even if you do fit in perfectly with your age group, it's not challenging or enlightening to expose yourself to a set of worldviews that roughly match yours. [Click title to read more.]
Remember The Absent
It is our job to seek out the disappeared and the vanishing. It is our responsibility not just to note that people are gone, but to find out why and to extend help where it might be needed.
Yes, The Parable of the Prodigal Son Is Unfair and Uncomfortable.
I'd like to be honest and say that if the parable of the prodigal son doesn't sometimes irritate you just a little, you might be missing another truth inside it. [Click title to read more.]
Not All Christians Smile
It's easy for us to reflect our own assumptions, ideas, and personalities onto Christianity as a whole and onto other believers, too. It's simple, in other words, for us to assume that other believers do or should act just like us because they love the same God we do and are blessed in the same way as we are. [Click title to read more.]
Why Church Matters
Regardless of what we criticize or change, Christmas Eve reminded me of two things: that church is simple, and that church is necessary. [Click title to read more.]
Your Time Means Everything
I like to believe that the miracle of the loaves and fishes was materially incidental - the food met a physical need, certainly, but what matters most is that the offering of Jesus' time and compassion met a spiritual one. [Click title to read more.]
Happy Thanksgiving
I find that the Thanksgiving heart, which is followed by the Christmas spirit, is all too quickly mowed down by January apathy, February disillusionment, and March boredom. Let's change that. [Click to read more.]
The Blessing of Not Belonging
Christians aren't exempt from peer pressure, and adult Christians aren't either. Every day we face a thousand subtle influences that can determine how we behave in church, what kind of Christians we permit ourselves to be, how we spend our money, and how we relate to other believers and non-believers. [Click title to read more.]
Preparing For Thanksgiving With Hearts of Gratitude
Thoughts on gratitude and some pre-Thanksgiving testimonies that will help us remember the spiritual, and not material, blessings of the season. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 