Archive for Weekly Updates
The Fall
So what went wrong? That is the question that should be asked by everyone who reads the first two chapters of Genesis. As we left the story last week we were offered two very different, yet very convergent pictures of creation. God created all that is, including humanity, and declared it to be good. Humanity [...]
It All Begins at Creation
It all begins at creation. The story we have come to know as the Bible begins its long journey in a two chapter account of creation. Chapter one is a marvelous poetic description of God powerfully “speaking” creation into being. The culmination of this creating is the making of human beings in the image of [...]
Where Does Vision Come From?
So where does vision come from? Over the past couple of months we have been talking about vision as coming from the churches previous statements and from the Book of Acts (the story of the church in its infancy). While both of those sources offer us insight into what our vision ought to look like [...]
Share Everything
“And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.” Acts 2:44-45. Robert Fulghum in his poem “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” lists nineteen learnings which if practiced, he believes, would enrich [...]
How Does Prayer Work?
“And they devoted themselves to the apostle’s teaching and fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.” Acts 2:42 How does prayer work? It was not a question I was expecting. I was being interviewed by a reporter from the small town newspaper in Pampa, Texas because I was the newest pastor in the city. He had [...]
