Come Alive: Learning to tell time.
Description
Given the current cultural moment, it would be wise for disciples of Jesus
not to sleep their life away and, instead, to wake up to the realities
surrounding them. We are not the first to be charged with that task!
Paul’s challenge to the church comes with specific advice on how to partner
with the Holy Spirit in not only learning to tell time, but to redeem it!
By Bill Dogterom
Who is leading you?
Jesus sees the crowd in Galilee as sheep without a shepherd. But rather
than be the revolutionary zealot leader the people want him to be, he
reveals a different kind of leadership. He is the servant God who gives his
life up for the sake of others. And in word and deed,...
Published 11/25/24
In a rare moment when Jesus does not appear in the gospel, Mark tells the
story of Herod’s beheading of John the Baptist.
Herod’s story is a cautionary one about the misery that comes when someone
devotes their life to the pursuit of earthly power. Where Herod’s power
destroys, Jesus’ power,...
Published 11/18/24