People are hurting. People are hurting others. Mass murder, shootings, looting, demonstrations, political unrest, racism and pandemics. Rick Warren says, "Hurt people, Hurt people." In some way we have all been hurt or we are hurting with or without intention. I am meditating much on the 'fulness' of the Grace of God. I think [...]
How Do We Change A Broken System? Repentance to Redemption to Relationship ‘A Look At The Life Of The Apostle Paul’ Dan O’Deens – Reflections on June 12, 2020 Well, it starts with me. Search me O God, and know my heart, see if there be any wicked way in me. Eugene Peterson says it [...]
PEACE In The Middle Of Chaos “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try spending the night in a closed room with a mosquito.” - An [...]
JADED HEART By Dan O’Deens Oppressed and enraged, No word can be spoken, my heart is so broken. The enemy’s weapon is taking its toll, effectively robbing the passion in my soul. My mind is so heavy, my frame so unsteady. I cannot bear their pain. It seems like a constant strain. The [...]
THE TALK – Part 4 – dan o’deens Have you had the talk? My good friend Pastor E.Scott Feather wrote this after the Ahmaud Arbery incident. He said, “My great-grandpa never had to have “the talk” with my grandpa... my grandpa never had the talk with my daddy... my daddy never had the talk with [...]
JUSTICE IS REDEMPTION – HOPE – Part 3 – dan o’deens Moving From Desecrated Space Into Sacred Space Christianity is not about sin management. The Good News is not just good news about your afterlife. Justice is simply not condemnation. It is not the ‘mercy’ side of our understanding only. It also includes Grace. Justice [...]
RACISM - #STOPDOINGWRONG - “It’s A Sin Issue Not a Skin Issue” “Stop Doing Wrong, Learn to do right, seek justice, defend the oppressed.” - Isaiah 1:16, 17 FACING THE ISSUE OF RACISM – SILENCE – Part 2 “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” [...]
RACISM - #STOPDOINGWRONG - “It’s A Sin Issue Not a Skin Issue” “Stop Doing Wrong, Learn to do right, seek justice, defend the oppressed.” - Isaiah 1:16, 17 GOD IS NOT COLOR BLIND – EQUALITY – Part 1 “If we swim against the ‘current’ of racial privilege’, it’s often easier to recognize, while harder to [...]
BIBLICAL COMMUNITY and MISSION What The Corona Virus Is Teaching The Church Dan O’Deens / May 25, 2020 “Not Giving Up Meeting Together” - HEBREWS 10:25 (In Context) v.19 ‘brothers and sisters, we have confidence to enter the Most Holy place by the blood of Jesus’ When Jesus breathed his last and said it is [...]
There was no way the Israelites would have acknowledged in the moment that the plagues in Egypt were a part of the redemptive story. Beyond being a punishment to the Egyptians, the plagues were a step in the process of redeeming the world. The final plague would be the Passover and would set the stage for [...]
