Prayer of the Body, for the Body, of Christ
Would you pray with me “that, as the Bride of Christ, we will continue to learn to ‘walk in beauty’ with our fellow man and God." - Mark Charles
Toxic church? Healing promise: Real belonging
Long ago and still today, God promises his traumatized, grieving, scattered people: I will be a sanctuary to you. I will protect you. I will gather you back.
Masters of misdirection and mesmerizing fog
People like King Ahab spend their lives using and abusing others, to get what they want. They also mesmerize and misdirect us, so we won’t see them as they are.
Feast of Joy, in times when life is hard
In a distressing time in my life, God gave me an oasis of joy. At Sukkot, he invited me into the joy that is at once bedrock and a bubbling, underground spring.
Spiritual schizophrenia and the two-headed snake
"How long will you try to go both ways?" Elijah cried. Where people identified with God cling to deep double-mindedness, they empower a two-headed snake.
Facing shame – so freedom and favor can flow
Shame can torment and shackle us. Yet Jesus bore our sins. He bore our pain. He teaches us how to face and deal with shame, so freedom and favor can flow.
Weak but strong: Write and speak by the Spirit
“I am weak, but he is strong.” When we know that, ahh, then we can learn to speak and write the powerful words given to us by the Spirit of Christ within us.
Exhaling the life and breath of God
Spiritual exhaling releases what God breathes into you, for the building of his kingdom and the honor of his name. Exhaling the Breath of God, you release life.
Inhaling the life and breath of God
As you inhale, you’re filled with breath. As you inhale spiritually, you’re filled with the Breath of God. Spirit-to-spirit, you receive his life.
Spirit to spirit: A matter of life and breath
As breath is vital to the body, being filled with the Spirit and living in the power of the Spirit are vital to life in Christ.