Christian Optimist

Excerpt from today’s post over at Provoketive: “It’s time for us, as the Church to get off our high horse and help the man in the ditch who is dying as the religious walk on by him.  It’s time that we lose our religious piety and pick up the Cross of Jesus (His life and [...]

What if serving the poor was a call so close to the heart of God that for a church to ignore it would be blasphemy? I posted this question on facebook and twitter last week and got a few responses, but now I’m asking you.  I’m not asking this as a Scriptural question.  I don’t [...]

As society shifts toward postmodernism, are we leaving behind our religion?  Emergence (Progressivism; Postmodernism) is not a religious construct.  It affects EVERYTHING, including religion.  We see Emergence in New Atheism, Politics and everywhere else (even down to your grocery aisles).  I am ble

There are a FEW THINGS that WILL happen when you follow the Spirit (or The Call of God). The first is: Folks will call you crazy. Anytime you stand up to do what God has called you to do, folks will call you crazy.  You’ll get questions like, “Are you sure “God” called you?”   You’ll [...]

You’ve heard the messages preached.  You’ve heard the testimonies given.  You’ve heard the songs sang.  Oh, the blood of Jesus, it washes white as snow.  We Christians love a good horror story.  We like the idea of an angry god sending his son to earth, like a lamb for the slaughter.  It makes us fe

Disclaimer:  This post will be awkward for some. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and love your neighbor as YOURSELF.” During the 90′s, there was this “professional wrestler” who I loved. He wasn’t the most athletic, but he was the one who made me think I could be a [...]

Help my Unbelief…. People use this quote a lot when we talk about the dichotomy of faith and doubt. But, this quote (I believe, Lord. Help my Unbelief) is just a part of a verse in a story in the 9th chapter of Mark. A man’s son has a demon within him (that has been [...]

Hi.  My name is Terry and I’m a Christian Conference junkie.  I really love going to these conferences, talking to folks, networking, building relationships and having my religious comfort zone stretched.  So, I was really looking forward to going to Co-Creation when my wife informed me I was going.

On Wednesday this week, I was sitting with some of my homeless friends after I had given them some clothes, socks and other necessities. A church came into their camp while I was there and had lunch plates. The man from this church said, “You’re new, huh?” I didn’t know quite what he was talking [..

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul. This is the greatest commandment. The second is like the first: Love your neighbor as yourself.” Immediately after Jesus said these words, he was asked by a young man “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus then told a story that made a protagonist out