Be-A-ware is a short piece I wrote because I find many well meaning people of faith are not necessarily malicious as much as they may not be aware, or awake.
Once upon a time there was a faithful man named Philip. Philip loved God very much and spent his life serving and sharing the “Good News” in the foreign country of Zamzam. Zamzam was a lovely place, and the people were even more lovely. Philip spent many years traveling all over Zamzam telling…
The following is a scene from Les Miserables (1998) starring Liam Neeson. In this clip we see an encounter between Neeson's character Jean Valjean and a Bishop (Peter Vaughan). Today, I can identify with Jean Valjean. A person who sometimes feels there is just no other way or just simply doesn't have…
[This piece is dated for sure but the ideas within it are still valid. As we wrestle with Jesus' words to love our enemies and His Gospel of non-violence, we need to sit in the midst of seeming caldron of conflicting emotions and twisted ideas of justice and allow Holy Spirit to speak to us.]…
One of the Pharisees asked him over for a meal. He went to the Pharisee's house and sat down at the dinner table. Just then a woman of the village, the town harlot, having learned that Jesus was a guest in the home of the Pharisee, came with a bottle of very expensive perfume and stood at his feet, weeping, Continue Reading...
As a pastor, I was regularly required to preach and teach. I have had a great deal of positive feedback by those I present to and the positive effect in the their lives. However, after each time I taught or preached, as much as I enjoyed it, I felt drained. Yes, I had expended a great deal of energy Continue Reading...
The ultimate example of a Fat Soul would be God, the world's very Soul. God, as a truly Fat Soul, "lures us and all creation to widening circles of Beauty." The idea that God is profoundly relational and longs for genuinely beautiful, love-inspired relationships and interconnected wholeness....