Oxymoron is a neat word. From two Greek words meaning “chaff” and “foolish” it pretty much means worthless nonsense. I wrote about oxymorons once before, but here I am again. Read more…

“Make every effort to
add integrity to your faith; Read more…

“See: everyone loves the idea of compassion until it costs them. We love the idea of love until it comes to unlovable people. We think discipleship is a romantic programmatic workshop of willing people: but it’s actually messy, difficult, heartbreaking, and requires your whole life.

What they also don’t tell you is that it’s awesome. When you’re face to face, chair to chair, eye to eye with a real person, there’s nothing like seeing the lights go on, the lies disentangled, the burden lifted, the problems exposed, the trauma healed, the heart rejoicing — there is absolutely nothing that compares to the pinnacle of God’s glory in one human being discipling another. I mean really discipling them, to just love someone. That click you hear is the something-missing being filled. To love people is what you’re created to do. Once you get there, you can’t go back anymore.”

This article is from JS Park (http://jsparkblog.com/2013/04/01/quote-the-idea/) and I commend his blog to you.

Holy Saturday has always felt strange. Friday we remember the death of Jesus. Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. On Saturday we just — wait. Read more…

This is Holy Week. That seems a good time to look at how Jesus challenged followers to live. While we sometimes revert to being timid, Jesus expected something else.

While we won’t admit to it, most (all?) people put other people into success and power categories. Read more…