This is an edited manuscript of my sermon on Luke 14:1ā6 for February 8, 2015. Today in Luke we join the story as the Pharisees were getting ready to examine Jesus. They wanted to see what this guy was all about. Jesus, after all, had a growing reputation and they probably wanted to see if…
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My Goal ā Constructive Blogging
Thus far, I am enjoying this new discipline of blogging something every day. Blogging can be a difficult practice to do well, and Iām committed to making Painfully Hopeful a valuable destination for blog readers. As I begin this journey I want to make to myself regarding the nature of Painfully Hopeful. It would be…
Fitting In
I don’t fit in. Well, that’s not entirely true. It’s just that the spaces in which I’ve felt I’ve fit in have been so rare that when I say, “I don’t fit in” it feels true. As I’ve said on this blog numerous times, I’m not good with small-talk and social situations make me feel…
Consolation
After the results of the election came in I started noticed a trend in my social media steams. It was a trend which, to be honest, I've come to expect ā yet I found it jarring all the same. The trend was this. Among my more conservative friends I began to see remarks like, “Depressed,…
Worship
I guess people could argue that this should read, “It’s about being changed for service,” but I don’t agree. All service (both in and out of “church”) is worship, and as we serve we’re supposed to look more like Christ. In a culture where worship is often rated according to, “What I like,” I…
Feeding
If we want to make this super-spiritual I guess we could say that this poster secretly means, “If you feed them the word of God, they will come.” I love preaching and teaching the Bible, but that’s not what I mean in this poster. It seems in this world people are looking for a place…
