Christian Life

This is post 7 of 12 on Awakening to Authentic Community Too often our times of stillness before God devolve into self-centered intercession and personal kingdom building.  When this takes place we are not properly strengthened to engage the world but instead we are overcome by the world.  What is needed today desperately is an […]

This is post 6 of 12 on Awakening to Authentic Community Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his book Life Together makes this comment about the intimate connection between time alone and time together: “We recognize, then, that only as we are within the fellowship can we be alone, and only he that is alone can live in […]

This is a 12 part summer blog series on Authentic Community.  I hope you will read along and make some comments.  Two books that I would recommend are: Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Making Room for Life by Randy Frazee. An Aspen grove is one of the largest living organisms.  They grow in large […]

This is a 12 part summer blog series on Authentic Community.  I hope you will read along and make some comments.  Two books that I would recommend are: Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Making Room for Life by Randy Frazee. An Aspen grove is one of the largest living organisms.  They grow in large […]

This is a 12 part summer blog series on Authentic Community.  I hope you will read along and make some comments.  Two books that I would recommend are: Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Making Room for Life by Randy Frazee. An Aspen grove is one of the largest living organisms.  They grow in large […]

This is a 12 part summer blog series on Authentic Community.  I hope you will read along and make some comments.  Two books that I would recommend are: Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Making Room for Life by Randy Frazee. An Aspen grove is one of the largest living organisms.  They grow in large […]

Are you satisfied with the quality of your relationships?  Do you have people in your life who know everything about you and who have journeyed with you for not just years, but decades?  Do you have friendships where you have gotten muddy together, but have come out of it stronger?  I believe that most people […]

We are all followers.  We are influenced by our leaders and our environment.  If you have grown up in the Church like I have there has been a lot of good influence, but also some baggage.  It is good when the Church helps us grow in intimacy with Christ and fellowship with the Body.  It […]