We are all going to face hard days. If you haven’t yet you will. I remember being moved when I first heard Nightbirde sing and tell her story. As we have followed her story, until she passed away this weekend, she showed courage and hope in the face overwhelming odds.—About a decade ago I remember […]
As a new year starts, I am usually excited to talk about my hopes, dreams, and vision for a new year. This is no ordinary year though. My mind has not been in the same place. I am still incredibly excited for the future, because I believe something better is emerging. Yet at the same […]
Sacred Space is created when the divine intersects with our present. It is the time and place where we encounter the presence of the creator. It is where our spirit comes alive as we experience the Life and Light of the world. We hold these times, experiences, and places in reverence as we long for […]
I hope this encourages someone today. Several years ago the people in our church may have thought I had gone a bit crazy. I removed everything from our stage and almost everything from our sanctuary, for a season. We were a few years into starting Lighthouse and I could sense there was a shift happening […]
I started writing this months ago but I have never been able to find adequate words to explain my thoughts. However, this is the day we remind ourselves of our need to talk, to share, and listen to those who are suffering. So I will try to express the feelings, words, despair, and pain so […]
I am happy to have realized something amazing as we come to the end of 2020, and kick off a new year. For the past years I have always tried to look back and assess how things are going personally and ministry wise. This year has been a struggle in so many ways. It has […]
‘Facts do not “speak for themselves”; they are read in the light of theory. Creative thought, in science as much as in the arts, is the motor of changing opinion. Science is a quintessentially human activity, not a mechanized, robot-like accumulation of objective information, leading by laws of logic to inescapable interpretation.’ Stephen Jay Gould […]
I can be, and am, moral without God, I do not need a belief in a deity to make right choices. Religious people make bad choices all the time, this alone proves they have no moral advantage over the rest of us. Anonymous It is amazing how even a small gift of goodness can change […]
Nothing will help you, destroy you, love you, hurt you, carry you, or hinder you like your family. Your personal experience may have been wonderful but there is also the possibility it was not. When it comes to faith, there are extremes created because of our own family experiences. Many are strong in their faith […]
Have you ever been really, really …. really bored attending a church service? I think everyone has had this kind of experience more than once. Perhaps this is why some churches use uncomfortable pews – it makes it pretty hard to take a good nap. Honestly, there are times when church services are snooze worthy. […]