When we stop seeking you, God, we start serving ourselves. I’ve seen it again and again. Person after person marginalizes you. And before long, they marginalize those around them. We simply do not love neighbor when we do not first love you. When we write you out of our Story everyone suffers. Especially you. [image]
Tag Archives: The Story of God
Storytelling: How the Story of the Tomb Shapes the Way We Share Jesus (Col. 1:15-20) Chris Altrock – August 7, 2011
by Chris on 08. Aug, 2011 in Blog
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Storytelling
Summer and reading go together. For some of us, it’s an unwanted combination. A high school freshman whose name I will not reveal responded in this way when her school’s required summer reading list arrived: “Summer reading? That’s an oxymoron. Who wants to read in the summer?!” But for many others, summer and reading are [...]
Ten Minute Mystic: Reading Scripture Deeply
by Chris on 11. Oct, 2010 in Blog, Training & Spiritual Disciplines
Reading/ listening to Scripture is fundamental to experiencing God and growing spiritually. Ideally, we need opportunities to read deeply and to read widely. We need time to dive into a small piece of Scripture and we need moments where we are exposed to large sections of Scripture. In about ten minutes a day, here’s a [...]
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