Pastor Padron… Being Generous 13 Nov 201612 Nov 2016 One of the regulars at the cigar shop I work at is known for sharing his cigars. He enjoys the crème of the crop too. Today I was the recipient…
Spiritual Formation Have You Checked Your Compass? 6 Nov 20165 Nov 2016 Have you seen any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies? The main character in the story is a pirate by the name of Captain Jack Sparrow. Captain Jack has…
Spiritual Formation… Hope 2 Nov 20161 Nov 2016 One of the greatest gifts of grace that you have when you trust in Christ is the assurance of hope. What is the hope we are assured of? We are…
Spiritual Formation… Controlling the Tongue 29 Oct 201628 Oct 2016 The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Proverbs 12:18). The Hebrew word that is translated "pierce" is the same word for…
Spiritual Formation Lessons from Foggy Nights 19 Oct 201619 Oct 2016 Last night as I was driving home I had a hard time seeing where I was going. It had been one of those damp days when condensation gets everywhere. I…
Discipleship… Lessons from WiFilessness 9 Oct 20168 Oct 2016 One of my favorite books on spiritual formation is Adele Calhoun's book The Spiritual Disciplines Handbook. One of the disciples she has in the book is "unplugging." That is discipline…
Christian Living… And let’s top off this topic with a little Fenelon… 27 Sep 2016 Since it seems that my posts today all hit that theme of needing to go beyond knowing doctrine to relational practice, I think I will let Fenelon have the last…
Christian Living… My Thought for the Day 27 Sep 2016 That's wonderful. Wanna join my Pharisee club? We love doing all those things too! Personally, a better way to show yourself a theology nerd would be to say: I love…
Quotes… Yup 25 Sep 2016 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a…
Faith… Red Flag 7 Sep 2016 I came across this meme on Facebook this morning. I have seen and heard this and other thoughts like it, posted and shared around social media. While there is some…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 