It's hard to believe that it has been a year since I was in the hills of Southern Ohio serving Grace Baptist church. So much has happened since then and as I look back on the year I can see how God was moving throughout the different aspects of the year. He allowed me to … Continue reading Blessings
The Gospel Is a Joke
Found this on Fresh Pressed. Many of the points I found to be true. There have been several times when jokes have been told and they did not come across the way that I had intended. NOTE: Don’t let the post title mislead you.
I don’t mean “the Gospel is a joke” in a pejorative way. I mean it in a metaphorical way:
- When you hear it, you either get it or you don’t.
- You can explain it and explain it and explain it and people will still not get it.
- Sometimes after years of not getting it, something happens in your life that makes you say, “Oh, now I get it.” We call this feeling an epiphany.
- You can tell by the quality of their laughter whether or not people get it. Some laugh along because they think they’re supposed to. Some assume that to be good, the joke must be at someone’s expense…
- …but the best jokes are not told at anyone else’s expense. The best presentations of the Gospel contain no malice or contempt.
- Sometimes you hear it so often you stop laughing. But maybe one day it sneaks up on you…
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Collect for 5-12-13
Heavenly Father who restores our tired and weary souls, knowing full well the plans you have for us are not plans for evil, but plans of good to give a hope and a future. We earnestly wait in anticipation of the renewal of Your creation in a world veiled in darkness. May those who live … Continue reading Collect for 5-12-13
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Something Found
I came across something by De Jackson on her blog Whimsygizmo that I found interesting. It is a poem entitled The Graffiti of Grace and just as a heads up it is copyrighted, so if you want to use it check this out first. As we enter into Holy Week next week. Try to live … Continue reading Something Found
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One small step…one giant leap
As you read in the last post for the past semester I have been on PRIME, short for Practical Research Immersion for Ministry Effectiveness, a seven month internship at a ministry of my choosing through Huntington University. Each year the Missions and Ministry Department at Huntington University send their seniors out on the internship of … Continue reading One small step…one giant leap
A Path of Living Stones 