A few weeks ago, in our series on Amos, we tried to get honest.
We wondered together about what stops us from being people who pursue justice.
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Insidious.
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.
Harmful, but enticing.
Awaiting a chance to entrap.
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I wonder if sometimes, our prayers are too comfortable.
Lord, give me this.
Help me do this.
I need this.
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I read this quote today…
“Through the Bible, God heals with reassuring words of forgiveness, kindness and welcome. Also through the Bible, God pierces with warnings meant to stir us toward repentance, restoration and peace.
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The gospel is a person.
Let me say that again.
The gospel is a person.
The good news….the evangeleon…is a person.
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So you want to grow as a disciple? You want to grow in your understanding of yourself, of God, His ways and His Kingdom? You want to mature as a follower of Christ?
Me too!
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On Sunday we’re going to be starting a new series on the book of Amos. A big theme of Amos is justice. In fact, you might already be familiar with a verse from Amos without even knowing it. In his April 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, MLK quotes Amos 5:24…
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Recently, Google produced a 2 minute video highlighting the “good” things that people searched for last year. The punchline at the end of the video? Good things are worth searching for: search on.
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At this time every year I listen to my favourite Christmas songs.
Christmas carols and songs are packed full of deep truths…gospel truths…and I find they speak deeply to my soul. I love the way songwriters can beautifully capture truth in a few words.
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More and more I’m learning to be content in the mystery. You know, those places where we have questions, but no answers. Those places, that despite our best efforts, we just can’t package up into a neat box.
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“Keep Christianity Weird”.
That’s the title of a short book I’ve just read. It’s subtitled ‘Embracing the Discipline of Being Different’.
And I’m just going to let the blurb speak for itself…
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