A Pilgrim’s struggle: Recent Episodes
John Neeley
I’m a pilgrim struggling along the narrow road among the company of those seeking Him. Cover art photo provided by Math on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@builtbymath
We’re sitting with some episodes in the life of Jesus wondering How far are we willing to follow.
We’re sitting with some episodes in Jesus life asking, “How far did others follow?” And wondering if we will choose to follow that far.
We’re sitting with a few episodes in Jesus life, asking how far did the folks in the story follow and how far are we willing to follow?
Stop the comparison, stop the questioning and know the truth that you are God’s workmanship!
We live in a fearful world and into that disturbing reality God speaks a word of reassurance and hope
Hate makes human forgiveness messy. We explore stories to help make our way through the mess...
Imagine yourself in a conversation with God...what would he say to you? What would you say to Him?
We explore divine forgiveness, messy human forgiveness, the deep hurts of life and where to begin forgiveness.
We may define freedom differently, but we all long for it. What enslaves us and where do we find that ever elusive freedom?
The running Father loves both sons, he goes out to both sons, he is generous to both sons...
We contrast an empty tomb faith-following Jesus but missing His power; with an Easter Faith-following Jesus and finding His power right here in my story.
We are obsessed with heroes. Palm Sunday we watch our hero boldly ride into Jerusalem in a donkey...
What hope is there for one who has everything they want except the one thing they desire most?
We explore faith as a journey through time, arriving at the reality that the long term implications of today’s faith decisions are unfathomable
In what way is life a gift? Is all of life a gift? Or do only certain life events count as gifts?
With so much confusion about what the church is and why it’s here, let’s think again about the deep truths of the church.
Before we pack away Christmas, while we wait, let’s emulate a could of wise older folks.
Before packing away Christmas let’s emulate two devout folks who held six week old Jesus.
We are sitting with the tired old Christmas story asking questions, expecting God to show up and speak to us...again.
We’re sitting with the tired old Christmas story asking some questions, expecting God to show up and speak to us...again.
We’re sitting with the tired old story of Christmas asking questions, expecting God to show up and speak to us, again
We’re sitting with God in the tired old story of Christmas asking questions, waiting for and expecting God to speak to us again.
We’re sitting with God in the tired old story of Christmas, asking questions, expecting God to show up and speak to us again.