Category: Faith in Real Life

Where the rubber meets the road! Practical faith in everyday life. Learn to live your faith with peace, joy and authenticity in practical ways. Discover what gives you life, your strengths and how can you learn to leverage those strengths for living life well!

Seed to the Wind

Posted on by Michael Rose
Conversion Therapy is the discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity by various modalities, including different kinds of prayer. The harm of such practices is well-documented, and the stories of those who have endured such are dreadfully painful.   Conversion Therapy Flagship ministries who had claimed to successfully “pray…
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‘Been There’, “Done That’ from a little further along the Way

Posted on by Michael Rose
Continuing my journey from deconstruction to reconstruction, it’s interesting to recognize how I seem to have come full circle on things like giving, leadership, structures, scriptures, and mission… But this time from a different vantage point, recognizing that the “issue” wasn’t the issue per se, but rather the culturally-inherited and significant misunderstanding/misapplications of Love resulting…
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Ditches of Religious Deconstruction

Posted on by Michael Rose
God takes us out via the desert to bring us into something new. For the love of God, don’t make your home in the spaces of transitions and aridity. Resist the urge to build your cottage industry ministry in the transitional spaces – because, truth be told; you will gather the lost, the bitter and the angry. And the only help you can be to them is being lost and angry together. All the while cheering each other on in self-righteous snark- throwing rocks as you cheer each other on.
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We need Updated Stories

Posted on by Michael Rose
In his book Doubt after Faith: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It, Brian McLaren notes that sixty-five million US adults have quit going to Church, and this number grows by 2.7 million every year.[1] These numbers should serve as a wake-up call for churches, indicating that something is not connecting with people….
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A Social Media Spiritual Exercise

Posted on by Michael Rose
Good Sunday morning. My friend Loren Rosser from Arlington, Texas shares this practical spiritual exercise ideally for the social media environment. A spiritual exercise or practice is basically practicing a particular heart attitude or perspective that helps us grow spiritually. Led and empowered by the Holy Spirit these kinds of practices can be used to…
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Not about the Tool

Posted on by Michael Rose
Many religious expressions come from a deep and rich tradition, and with that comes an assortment of books, songs, sacred space and practices.  These are tools or, if you will, a means to connect with God.  I am all for these things to the extent that they continue to connect folks to a meaningful experience…
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