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What happens when people’s acceptance of you becomes more important than God’s approval? It says in the gospel of John that many of leaders believed but kept it secret for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. Fitting in was more important. How can we put a higher value on God’s expectations, […]
What if they ask me a difficult question? What if they say no? What if they say yes and then eventually say no? What if? What if What if? What if? What if? I call this scenario sickness, where we imagine various outcomes to inviting someone. Scenario sickness keeps us imprisoned because of fear. It […]
Rob Moll in his book What your body knows about God says that science has shown “We think with our feelings, and our feelings are nothing more than the state of our bodies.” Fear for example is not an idea but tensed and readied muscles, quickened heartbeat perspiration and respiration. Moll goes on to explain […]
Rob Moll in his book “What your body knows about God” discusses the fact that God seems to work through human weakness. He says “Abraham was too old, Moses too cowardly, Gideon’s army too insufficient, David too young and later too lustful, Elijah too alone, Jeremiah too persecuted. Yet within their weaknesses and through their […]
Bill Hybels talks about plunging into the zone of the unknown as we reach out to another in invitation. It takes courage because we just don’t know the result of reaching out to another. Jesus did this time and time again. When inviting himself to house of Zacchaeus or speaking to the woman at the […]
What part has fear to play in the process of formation. Fear is the most frequently mentioned resurrection response (6 times in the four gospel resurrection stories). When afraid we are suddenly caught off guard and don’t know what to do. When we are afraid our presumptions and assumptions no longer count for what we […]
Opportunity follows difficulty and difficulty follows opportunity, as spring follows winter. Disappointment and difficulty is like winter it always comes. I heard from some friends in Canada today that they still had winter and it was lasting much longer than normal. Both opportunity and challenge await action. On this Easter Saturday we think of the disappointment […]
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