Organizations and organisms, or what I like about Church
Jim tagged me to talk about three things I like about my Church. You know… this is just one of those topics that frustrates and fascinates me at the same time. I feel like the meaning of the word church has been diluted by misuse. Instead of Church, the living organism that is comprised of [...]
Repost: The palpable paradigm shift
I wrote about kids the other day, and how they have to find and follow their own ideals. It just doesn’t work to traipse into the big wide world wearing your parents’ convictions. I said that it is important to find those before you head out. And I insinuated that as parents we need to [...]
Repost: Ideals: from blankies to shining stars
To my children:
One of the things you’ll need to learn before you fly away from the nest is how to internalize your ideals. From the time you were little, your parents have been hard at work transferring their ideals to you, hoping that you would see and understand that making Jesus your center is the [...]
