WOW! It's been far too long since I last posted anything here. It's been a long, strange winter here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, with record snowfalls, weeks of school closures, and just a general disruption of life's routines. So I return to my little corner of the blogosphere today, not with a rant or a … Continue reading A quick fast to make a point (and, hopefully, change a life)
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Advent Conspiracy Week 4: Love All
Note: This is the fourth & final entry in a series of posts inspired by the Advent Conspiracy movement and the book, Advent Conspiracy, by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder. “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was … Continue reading Advent Conspiracy Week 4: Love All
Advent Conspiracy Week 3: Give More
Note: This is the third in a series of posts inspired by the Advent Conspiracy movement and the book, Advent Conspiracy, by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder. If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and … Continue reading Advent Conspiracy Week 3: Give More
Advent Conspiracy Week 2: Spend Less
Note: This is the second in a series of posts inspired by the Advent Conspiracy movement and the book, Advent Conspiracy, by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay and Greg Holder. Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty … Continue reading Advent Conspiracy Week 2: Spend Less
Advent Conspiracy Week 1: Worship Fully
Just like on that first Christmas, babies will be born this Christmas in huts and shacks into families that can barely feed themselves, let alone a newborn. It will happen in Liberia and Nicaragua. It will happen in Williamstown and Marietta. Herod won’t try to kill them, but diseases will. Lack of adequate healthcare will. Hopelessness will.