We’ve been chewing on this question. We know more and more folks, at least here in the western word, are choosing not to go to church. So why do we or why should we go to church? In this context, I’m using “church” as the corporate gathering of Christ followers, typically on Sunday morning. It [...]
Tags: church · God's heart · heart · Holy Spirt · love · needy · our heart · revolution · serve · spiritual batteries · spiritual power · What's in it for me · why got to church · worship
Our hearts–do we give our hearts much thought? I don’t mean our physical hearts and I think we give our physical hearts more attention anyway. I’m speaking of the heart we love with, as in “I love you with all my heart”. Or “You broke my heart”. That one. For Christians, we we tend to [...]
Tags: broken heart · guard your heart · heart · heart is deceitful · heart treasure · new heart
Finding our passion and living it. Why does that so challenge, and yes, even frighten us? Have we become so deadened that living passionately isn’t even on our radar? Have we been conditioned to bury or kill our desire? Is desire and passion good or bad? Perhaps a starting point would be to look [...]
Tags: desire · dream · excited · heart · life · living my passion · passion
When I think of work, lots of things come to mind. Enjoyment isn’t often one of those thoughts. Necessity, obligation, duty, drudgery are more frequent. I remember, growing up, that I was told that a man (or woman) was blessed if they enjoyed their job. I was led to believe it was rare. The opening [...]
Tags: attitude · curse · desires · heart · jobs · joy · passion · Work