strangers on this road we are all

To whom are you a stranger? To whom are you called to be the welcoming arms of Christ?

From Dictionary.com:


1. a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance: He is a perfect stranger to me.
2. a newcomer in a place or locality: a stranger in town.
3. an outsider: They want no strangers in on the club meetings.
4. a person who is unacquainted with or unaccustomed to something (usually fol. by to): He is no stranger to poverty.
5. a person who is not a member of the family, group, community, or the like, as a visitor or guest: Our town shows hospitality to strangers.
6. Law. one not privy or party to an act, proceeding, etc.


From Jesus as remembered in Matthew chapter 25:

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’


From Mary Elizabeth Coleridge:

Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare, A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care, To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there, And the world's danger...

From Golden Smog:

Strangers on this road we are all...we are not two we are one.

shining brightly

Worth the seven minutes of your life to watch this video through to the end and consider the way that God has called you to be a blessing to the world.

idol worship or is this jesus' house?

From the song, "Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication..."

But 2004 years later we do.

Jesus will not be held captive by death, disbelief, the stone outside the tomb, the walls of an inward focussed church, the mistakes of a misguided outwardly focussed church, your heart, my heart, your brokenness, my brokenness, those who think they know him best, those who wish he was dead, those who know him but don't want to share him with others, those who want to believe but can't, those who want to use him for personal gain, those who think that religion is evil, those who think that those who think that religion is evil are evil, or anyone else. He is loose in the world and will not be bound.

This world is HIS HOUSE!

american idol bends a knee to Jesus

First Kid Rock.

Now Jesus finds his way onto American Idol for two weeks in a row.

What's next?

Isaiah 43:18-19

Invisible Children

I saw a T-shirt today for Invisible Children. Had no idea what it was about. I typed these two words into a box on a computer screen called Google.

I found three young adults from San Diego who made a movie that started a movement.

Or did they join a movement?

An ancient movement.

Of God.

"as you have done it to the least of these you have done it to me"


God, as spoken by Jesus Christ

recorded by Matthew

inspired by God's Holy Spirit

hoops, hope, and HIV

Mark 10:13-16

And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.


Kid’s with AIDS.

Kid’s with a heart to help.

Kid’s with an amazing God.

how can i keep from singing his praise

*dying as those who WILL BE SAVED

Acts 15:8-11

And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit
just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.

So we can add a third tense to our paradox of understanding salvation. We will be saved. We live in hope that when we breathe our last, and though we dodge the thought- we certainly will meet death; we hope that God will save us from death.

So here we are

knowing-- we have been saved through faith
living-- a life of transformation as we are being saved through faith
hoping-- that we will be saved from death through faith

great grandmas, guns, and the gospel

The power of the Word to change situations and change lives is absolutley amazing!