And they had everything in common Acts 2:44 A distinction of those who follow Jesus is that they welcome community. You can be an introvert or extrovert, come from a big family, or be an only child but community is non-optional for the believer. We are born into the church when we accept Jesus and become a child of God.
Love Isn’t Love until You Give it Away Matthew 22:36-40 You can say you love but your actions will tell the true story. Isn’t it interesting that when Jesus boiled all the law and the prophets down into two commandments they both talked about love? The truth about love is that it must have an object.
Kristen Levitt and I are usually leading Project Partner teams when the other one isn’t. Getting in and out of where we go isn’t easy so, generally speaking, it is someone in our family leading (or Steve Igarta). We are training more leaders so it doesn’t depend so much on us for the future but there are a number of complicating factors that I won’t go into now.
Last weekend I was invited to Casper, WY to give a tribute to John and Suzon Spear for the 23 fruitful years they served in at the Highland Park Community Church. Here is the text of what I shared. John_Spear_Retirement.docx If you know John and Suzon you will enjoy reading. If you don’t know them it can be a model example of what it means to be faithful to your calling and as such John is still teaching us.
Today’s the day I’ve been looking forward to for some time now. I’m in the airport in San Francisco waiting to board a flight for Hong Kong. It is delayed so I might miss my connecting ferry to the next stop.
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence ? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Belinda and I love each other more now than ever. This closeness was gained through one thousand plus conversations and decisions. Many times we take the opposite point of view and we are very different people.
Brian and Alicia Rose are friends and worship pastor’s in Kansas City. Alicia gave birth to their daughter, a primie, London Joy who is 6 lbs and struggling to breathe. These are the thoughts and prayers of her father Brian from his journal: Title: There is no substitute for the presence of Jesus by Brian Rose (Notes) on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 2:42pm It’s been a few long days and nights this past week caring for the life of baby London Joy.
At the Olathe campus of Indian Creek Community Church we have an initiative called “10:14”. It is named after Mark 10:14 where the disciples saw children going to Jesus and assumed that He didn’t have time for them. They attempted to shoo them away and Jesus replied, Let the children come to me for they represent the kingdom of heaven. Jesus obviously wanted a place and a space for the children to come to Him.