FULL OF GRACE and TRUTH

FULL OF GRACE and TRUTH

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...
PEACE In The Middle Of Chaos

PEACE In The Middle Of Chaos

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...
JADED HEART – I CAN’T BREATHE

JADED HEART – I CAN’T BREATHE

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...
THE TALK…About Racial Injustice

THE TALK…About Racial Injustice

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...
THE TALK…About Racial Injustice

JUSTICE IS REDEMPTION – HOPE – Part 3

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...
THE TALK…About Racial Injustice

FACING THE ISSUE OF RACISM – SILENCE – Part 2

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,...

COVID-19 Part of the Redemptive Story

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...