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Tag Archives: Holy Spirit
Lake Reflections
The parsonage (house) provided by First Mount Dora sits on a hill at the end of a short street with a cul de sac. At the bottom of the hill is Lake Gertrude, a lovely spring fed lake. My route … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Wind
Wind. A welcome breeze on a lovely summer day brings joy. At Pentecost in the Upper Room, a different kind of wind blew through the room along with the Holy Spirit. Ironically, the day following our observance of that Holy Spirit wind, the … Continue reading
Pentecost
Pentecost, meaning fiftieth, happens this coming Sunday, fifty days after Easter. In the Old Testament, Pentecost was also called the Festival of Weeks or Shavout. Originally a harvest festival, it was one of three festivals where all Jewish adult males were to appear before the Lord in Jerusalem with gifts and … Continue reading
The ‘Duck Impulse’
Lightning Strike (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last week, as I was leaving an evening event, lightning streaked across the sky and revealed ominously dark rain clouds hanging perilously close to the earth. The lightning was particularly spectacular and frequent that evening. … Continue reading
The 'Duck Impulse'
Lightning Strike (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last week, as I was leaving an evening event, lightning streaked across the sky and revealed ominously dark rain clouds hanging perilously close to the earth. The lightning was particularly spectacular and frequent that evening. … Continue reading
Breaking Out
Last week I talked about the Christian bubble, how it keeps us from the very people Jesus wants us to know and love. The bubble afflicts pastors, too, in fact most of us are in an airtight bubble as I … Continue reading
Posted in House Church, Life and Faith
Tagged Christ, Christian bubble, Christianity, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Starbucks, The Well
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The End of Civility
Men Arguing (Photo credit: o5com) Recently, I accepted a Facebook Friend Request from a friend of a friend. Soon after, this person’s posts started landing in my Facebook Home. Many of them were angry, vicious even, laced with hateful and vulgar language toward friends and family members. I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Faith, Life and Faith
Tagged Christ, Christian, civility, Facebook, Fruit of the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, manners, Social network
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Where’s Your Security?
Last summer, even though I had lived in Valrico the past 24 years, I set out to drive throughout the community. After all, it is the mission field to which God sent me. I discovered along the way that we seem … Continue reading
Where's Your Security?
Last summer, even though I had lived in Valrico the past 24 years, I set out to drive throughout the community. After all, it is the mission field to which God sent me. I discovered along the way that we seem … Continue reading
Serving and the House Church
So that. Two simple words, yet, they have the power to change the life of a Christian from spectator to participant in faith. This little phrase connects worship and study to the third major part of house churches, service. We worship and we study so … Continue reading
Posted in House Church, Service
Tagged Christian, God, Holy Spirit, House church, Jesus, service, so that
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