Church Life

Look Back to Look Forward

It was June 1st of this year that I promised in my blog post Don’t Make Me Tell You Twice that I would blog about the other two times I heard God speak to me in an audible voice. Before I go any further, I want to make sure that there is no misunderstanding. God does not only speak audibly; I would even go as far as to say God rarely speaks audibly. (more…)

Vultures

We arrived at the second location on our mission trip in Jamaica when my wife pointed out the vultures perched on top of the church. What we saw spoke for itself. There is no safe place, death is never far off. Somewhere in our religiosity and our knowledge of historical precedence, we view the church as an asylum, a safe place from the darkness and death that dominates the world but the vultures are still all around us. (more…)