Benefits of Slowing Down, Bible, Busyness, Connecting With God, Hope of God, Lent, Pleasure of God, Rhythm of God, Series, Sovereignty of God, Spirituality, Yoke of God
Mahatma Gandhi said, “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” If it seems like the world keeps moving faster, and you along with it, there is another way. This six-part series, lead by Rev. Eric Elnes Ph.D., explores the personal and spiritual benefits that...
Blog, Praying for Revolution, Week 3: Give Us This Day
Much of what passes for the pursuit of happiness and contentment in our lives these days is really about just one thing – an unquenchable desire for control. Passive emotions such as depression, anxiety and discontentment may be related to feelings of having no...
Blog, Praying for Revolution, Week 1: Our Father in Heaven
Lawyers love the law. To lawyers, all things are legal. The law makes all things black or white, wrong or right. It makes we into us and them, and creates others of brothers. Lawyers love God, because they believe He hates all the same people they do. When they pray,...
Blog, Galatians - General, Galatians 3
I was at the altar rail looking at the bread resting in my palm. I’d heard the words, “The Body of Christ. The bread of heaven.” Did this bread offer any hope to the people of Libya or Japan? Did it include them? If not then what was I doing there? ...
Blog, Galatians - General, Galatians 1
Religious arrogance is a no fly zone! Paul exudes it in his letter to the Galatians, becoming a religious bully with his claim to be “set apart” by God. Is this a crusade for his version of religious orthodoxy? Where is the spacious generosity of an...