Creative Space for Wanderers
My dear friend, mentor, teacher, and co-worker in the mission field we call life on earth has recently challenged me to focus on Spiritual Formation as a topic of great concern. Greg Wiens pointed me to a few books in particular: The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith1 and Renovation of the Heart: …
Read: One of the many things I appreciate about our Jewish heritage is how they teach us to honor God through traditions that embrace humble gratitude. Psalm 105 is one example of a song that invites us to worship the Lord for what he’s done for his people by summarizing significant events of the past. …
Read A few weeks ago, we started a Bible study at Honey’s Place to provide a place for our friends living on the fringes of society to find some Spiritual nourishment. We meet outside to limit contact and concern about Covid-19. Our desire is for the Gospel to become more contagious than any virus ever …
Wednesday Prayer for South Main Chapel & Mercy Center On behalf of Pastor Kurt Stutler, Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be …
Read Luke 10:25-37 It might be useful to back up and read the post I published a little over a year ago on this scripture. It’s pretty brief, but I don’t want to repeat myself, so take a look at this link. With that background in mind, let’s walk through the story by first looking …
Sermon for Historic Providence Church, Anderson SC August 9, 2020 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine. This is my story. This is my song. Praising my Savior all the day long. Blessed Assurance is one of my favorites hymns. In the old days, we sang hymns crafted from a …
Our Heavenly Father, we acknowledge you as the mighty God, creator of earth, ruler of all that is, all that was, and all that will be. With your help, Lord, when this pandemic is over, we will be a better people because you sent us to our rooms to re-learn what family is all about. …
Before me lies a sea of words which ones to choose, said I, the words of a sweet lullaby or words that would make you cry? In these days, we’re tempted, true, to turn away our gaze on you, but let me be the one who stays, who remembers the countless ways you’ve saved us …
One of my favorite verses in Scripture is from Matthew’s incredible account of Jesus’ response to a mother’s request. The mother of the Zebedee sons (James and John), later identified as Salome*, has one favor to ask of Jesus: Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked …
When I look at the Bible, online or a printed edition, I’m one of those who like to see the words of Jesus in red. The red letters prompt me to read a bit slower, be more meticulous, and pay close attention to the terms. Those who first wrote the text we now call the …