-
-
Find topics you are seeking by using the search bar below. If a topic isn’t here, mention it on my suggestions page, and I will try to write on it.
Given’s YA Suspense Novel
To learn more about this book click the book!
The Eighth Ransom Book Trailer
Given’s YA Action/Adventure Novel
To learn more about this book click the book!
-
Recent Posts
- Why is Age Important?
- Punishment is Different From Evil
- When the Going Gets Tough
- Finding the Truth for Every Lie
- No Regrets: Facing Darkness and Not Becoming It
- How Do I Know That Jesus Cares?
- Why Does God Allow Heat in Our Lives?
- Sabbatical (Until Labor Day)
- Winning Friends While Not Compromising Your Christianity
- How Are We Using Our Words?
- What Unconditional Love Is and Isn’t
- Who are We Allowing to Influence Us?
- Accomplishing Goals For God vs Pursing a Relationship with God
- Are You Focused on Your God Given Gifts or Your Flaws?
- Grieving and Rejoicing
- The Proper Ratio for Maturing in Christ
- Assumptions that Turn Into Lies
- Was Phoebe Really A Deaconess or Just a Servant?
- The Danger of Trying To Please Your King Without Knowing Him
- What Does it Mean to Find My Identity In Christ?
Discussion
This blog is intended for discussion. Please, comment on new and old posts. I’d love to hear what you have to say.FYI
I have no say over the adds on this site. I have been told they change each time you pull up the page, so exiting and reentering might help. If you are a concerned parent, please check to confirm the adds are not inappropriate before your child gets on. Thank you.
Worldview Definition
Worldview: as defined by The Free Dictionary 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.The 4 Killer Questions
What do you mean by that? How do you know that's true? What difference does it make? What if you are wrong?
Tag Archives: Community matters
Why is Age Important?
This is a repost from Nov 7, 2016 Why do we have ages? What difference does age make? Obviously time does pass and we do change with “age,” yet what is age really? And how does it affect the way … Continue reading
Posted in Facts from the Bible, Personal Evaluation
Tagged Are we focusing on God?, Communicating, Community matters, Does your age matter?, Older people, Our Value, Relationships Matter, Treating others well, Using out talents, Wanting Relationship, Where do we get our value?, Why is Age Important?, Young people
Leave a comment
Why Is Belongingness Among Believers So Important?
Over the last two weeks, we’ve talked about belongingness in the posts: “As A Believer Do You Have Belongingness?” and “What Is Belongingness Supposed to Look Like?” Now, I want to dig into some of the side effects of what … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living
Tagged Bear one another’s burdens, Belongingness, Belongingness is important, Benefits of belongingness, Community matters, Finding Belonging, God created community, Helping God's Way, It is not good to be alone, Mental health matters, sharing in sorrow, Sharing life together, The Body of Christ, Unity in the Body, We're meant to belong, What is belongingness?, what is healthy?, Why Is belongingness among believers so important?, Working Together
Leave a comment
What Is Belongingness Supposed to Look Like?
As promised here is the continuation of last weeks post “As A Believer Do You Have Belongingness?” When we continue reading in 1 Corinthians 12 we find the passage: “But God composed the body… that the members should have the same … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living
Tagged Bear one another’s burdens, Belongingness, Caring about others, Caring about the person, Christianity that works, Community matters, Do you believe Christianity works?, Equality, Finding Belonging, Getting to know each other, God created community, Jesus came for sinners, Jesus provides protection, Sharing life together, The Body of Christ, The Church is one body, Unity in the Body, vulnerability, Working Together
1 Comment
As A Believer Do You Have Belongingness?
I know, right about now some of you are probably like “belongingness” is that even a word? Actually, yes, it is. It’s also something that really needs to be talked about in relation to Christianity and more particularly in the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Problems in Christianity
Tagged Are you new to a church?, Are you struggling to get connected?, Belongingness, Caring about others, Christian community, community, Community matters, Do we need God?, Finding Belonging, God created community, God given community, Loving Others, New to Church, Relationships Matter, seeing people the way God sees them, The Body of Christ, The Church is one body, Unity in the Body, We were meant for community, We're meant to belong
1 Comment
Eating a Meal Together
Have you ever noticed how many of Jesus’s interactions with people took place over food? A few big stories that come to my mind are Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, the feeding of the five thousand, the last … Continue reading
How Can We Gain Good Community?
Have you ever come and gone from a church service, a social event, or a friend’s party and left feeling like you were there yet no one really saw you? Or have you ever been scrolling through a social media … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Are we focusing on God?, community, Community matters, Do unto others, Encouraging others, Fellowship, God created community, God given community, Helping God's Way, Jesus is cheering us on, living different, Love Declared, Out loud and Boldly for Him, We were meant for community, Wholly Loved, Why is it so hard to find good fellowship?
1 Comment
How to Survive Christmas When You Just Don’t Feel It
This is a re-post from December 2018, but somehow it feels even more relevant today in the midst of Covid and all the other chaos of this world. What do you do when you’re looking around and realize what Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Christmas, Community matters, Faith Alive, Faith in someone, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, How to Survive Christmas When You Just Don’t Feel It, It is not good to be alone, It's a battle, Jesus and Satan forever at odds, Jesus died for our sins, Lonely, Loving Others, Reach out, The Gift of the Cross, Victory in Christ, We were meant for community, When Victory Feels Far Away
3 Comments
A Perspective on Communication
If you think about it, communicating with others is probably one of the riskiest endeavors we make in life, and yet it is also one of the most accessible and easiest endeavors for us to take on. Strangely, though, only … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged A soft answer, Communicating, Communicating who God is, Community matters, Controlling our tongue, God makes all things possible, Speaking gently, Speaking Truth, Thanksgiving, The Helper, the power of the tongue, Using Knowledge Rightly, Why do words hurt?, Words of Blessing
2 Comments
Why Are Unmarried People in the Christian Culture Treated Like Less Than? (Part 2)
As promised here is the continuation of the list of assumptions that I think contribute to the reason why single people are often disregarded in favor of married individuals when it comes to positions in the church. Assumption #2: Someone … Continue reading
Why Are Unmarried People in the Christian Culture Treated Like Less Than? (Part 1)
There is a strange phenomenon that happens in Christian communities where age, ability, character, and life-experience only seem to become important after someone is married. Let me explain this statement within its context and hopefully my meaning will become clear. … Continue reading
When the rocks speak 