Dancing with truth and peace
Monday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Church
A good Jew would’ve never entered the home of a Gentile. But there he stood, breaking cultural rules soaked in animosity. In the first century, Christian Jews assumed that Gentiles must follow the Law of Moses (including dietary regulations) in order to follow Christ. But God said, “Don’t call anything ‘unclean’ that I’ve created,” in […]
Wednesday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
God comes to us in grace, but prods us to move forward. He meets us where we are, but like he did with Zacchaeus, he shines light on a new path and asks us to start walking. Neutral is not an option in the Christian life. God keeps nudging us forward. While in Chicago last […]
Tuesday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your World
Life changes quickly when you step on an upside down rake. Frankie had been searching all over the house for a missing Lego set. And now, in the dark corner of his garage, he spotted it. Keeping his eyes on the box, he stepped over the mower. Smack! The rake glanced off the bill of […]
Tuesday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself
They looked like slugs! Giant, squishy, juicy slugs! I eat and enjoy most foods, but not mushrooms. So when George and Olive, my host family in Australia, set a heaping plate of mushrooms in front of me, my heart sank. I had powered through pizzas and casseroles peppered with mushrooms many times. But the menacing […]
Friday
March 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your World
The eastern sky was God’s canvas last Sunday morning. Breathtaking. As I pulled into the church parking lot, I even met a local photographer who decided that our lot was the perfect place for his tripod and camera. I was reminded: The sun keeps coming up. Every. Single. Day. “Your love, O LORD, reaches to […]
