The Alchemy of Commitment and Freedom
The Alchemy of Commitment and Freedom What is true freedom? If we compel ourselves to fulfill a certain obligation, we can discover freedom on the...
Family Commitment
For many, family houses are both our most rewarding and challenging relationships. As such, what does family commitment look like in times of strain, and...
Being Gratitude
Being Gratitude As we practice humbly listening to the gifts God has given us, we move beyond gratitude as a list and into gratitude as...
Where Love Remakes Us
Where Love Remakes Us Mercy is one of the ways God abides in us and with us, and hopefully works through us. Mercy matters because...
To vs. Through
To vs. Through One possible way to think of how God is with us is through 3 beautiful traits – innocence, charity, and mercy. Let’s...
Swedenborg and the New Church Perspective
Conversations about New Church Theology In this episode Pastor Chuck and Curtis Childs have a conversation about Swedenborg and New Church Theology. They discuss the...
Understanding Innocence
Understanding Innocence Innocence can carry with it a connotation of naiveté. But innocence is far more than that … it is one way God abides...
Commitment to Relationships
Esau McCaulley wrote that “commitment – not mere enthusiasm – is love fully matured.” Relationships are the ground where commitment gains meaning. What kind of...
Learning from Experience
“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns a lesson he can learn in no other way.” Mark Twain For years, this quote...
Heaven is a New Pair of Glasses
Sometimes I Think Heaven Is Just a New Pair of Glasses Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was told by a Priest as the...
What Was and What Will Always Be
What Was and What Will Always Be When we come out of crisis, we often find a clarity of what was and what will always...
