(ht: GraphJam)
Can You Relate?….
Categories: fun, What the heck was THAT?
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo. I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
What Could Be
Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought
My stream of thought is continuing, and one thing is leading to another. I’d like to elaborate on these ideas from my last post…
“…some of us are even wondering what we need to do with our gifts, because we mistakenly defined our gifts by the system in which we were working.”
“There are probably a dozen other applications for our gifts that we haven’t even thought of, because we were so conditioned to the parameters of institutional church.”
“Part of our problem is we’ve been conditioned to have someone else do our thinking and praying on our behalf.”
On the Other Hand…
Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought
In closing my last post, I included the following:
“…for the moment, this new place outside the walls might look like a wasteland, just more wilderness. But look at it through a different lens, and it becomes wide-open spaces, a place with amazing potential–potential far greater than we could ever hope for inside the walls.”
I’d like to elaborate on this idea just a little.
Promised Land
Categories: food for thought
There are a couple of verses in Joshua that have always intrigued me, because they really speak of transition. They describe the children of Israel just after they had crossed the Jordan:
“On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.” (Joshua 5:11-12, NASB)
Word of Warning
Categories: changing mindsets, food for thought
Barb has strongly urged me, and a few other bloggers, to post the following disclaimer:
Beware all who land on this site. This site may enable you to see truth for the first time. Seeing truth may be just what you are looking for but you need to be careful. Once you have tasted truth you will never be able to stomach lies. You are on dangerous ground if you ever want to fit into the established system. You may [lose] all your friends. You may not have anyone left to worship with. Your children may be left only to you to raise. God will not be controlled any longer. He will be good but no longer safe in that you will not be able to predict his every move. And as for many of your friends. You will need to be willing to loose them. They may (probably will) shun you, dismiss you and turn away from you despite what you now may think. You need to think long and hard about this because it will [affect] your life. Please be careful with this site. Only enter at your own risk.
If I Had a Nickel For Every Blog Post I’ve Written So Far, I’d Have $9.60…So I’m Raising the Price.
Categories: fun, What the heck was THAT?
The Supernatural In Perspective
Categories: food for thought, Meanderings (look it up)
Catching up on my blog reader…a couple of days ago Co-heir posted a very insightful piece on “Falsetto Spirituality”, in which he discusses the tendency of many Christians to chase after supernatural manifestations, and how he is seeking to find God in the everyday. Go read it…I’ll wait… (actually, I’m kind of pressed for time this morning, so if you could hurry it up…)
Anyhow…I grew up in the charismatic stream, and there were often healings and miracles. Not only that, but I’ve also experienced a “season” of supernatural manifestation, when the church I served in was touched by the what some called the “laughing revival” in the 1990s. Yes, I know there were some carnal manifestations there (when is there not?); but I also sensed God strongly in my life and in the life of my family, and it was refreshing and healing for us.
Here Ya Go
Categories: fun, movies, What the heck was THAT?
For our readers who are fans of The Princess Bride….
more graph humor and song chart memes
(ht: GraphJam)
Twenty Years Ago Today…
…I did something that, apart from the choice to follow Jesus, has turned out to be the best decision I have ever made.
Twenty years ago today…I married my best friend.
From the very first time I saw her, at the beginning of our freshman year of college, The Wild One has captivated my attention and intrigued me. From the very first week, we talked about everything. We were going steady within two months. And three years later, we were married.
She says she fell in love with me when I made her laugh. (So okay, it wasn’t my biceps.) And ever since, I have been on an eternal quest to make her laugh again and again. Her laughter is simply addictive. And contagious.
Three Questions
Categories: food for thought
- What’s something you have learned in church that has helped you grow closer to God?
- What’s something you’ve had to UN-learn from church that has helped you grow closer to God?
- Would you say most of your spiritual growth has come from learning, or from UN-learning?