Well, I’m back…
This week is the weird post-break time that makes me wish both that I was still on a break, but also wish that I never took a break in the first place. As important as rest and restoration is, I...
Mountain Dew and Taco Bell, fuel for life…for me as a middle schooler. Man, these two things together made existence worth existing. All things could be made right with the proper application of that lightningy tasting,...
Free grace, cheap grace and costly grace have been a part of the last few blogs and Sunday messages as we unpack Paul’s letter to the Galatian church. Last week’s blog leaned on pastor and author Dietrich...
We have a pretty awesome confluence of scripture and events to experience this coming Sunday.… We get to celebrate Pentecost, one of the three major celebrations for followers of Jesus, and we get to do it together, twice in...
Holy discontentment.… That phrase has met me each time my mind has gone idle since this weekend. When the tasks of the day or the conversation in front of me is not taking up my available disk space, holy discontentment has...
This past Sunday, we had a new term rise out of the soil of the Billings Vineyard lexicon. Just as the weeds sprout after the springtime rains, the term goat head gospel came bursting forth as a new descriptor of the antithesis of...
Science is one of those double-edged swords.… In many ways, science provides an awesome template for how to engage the natural world and leverage that engagement to understand creation and how we can live as a part of it. I...
Yes, the Defiance series is over…or is it? Yes. But not yet. I have a feeling that this series will have some legs in the life of our congregation. Defiance has served as a helpful paradigm to compare the difference between...
24 Suddenly, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are insane. Too much study has made you crazy!”
25 But Paul replied, “I am not insane, Most Excellent Festus. What I am saying is the sober truth. 26 And...
The last blog of our Defiance series… a time to evaluate what we will take on as an addition to our identity as the Vineyard, as the Body of Christ, what didn’t stick, and what might only be for our current season....
Monkey see, monkey do.… Yes, this again. First, I am a fan of monkeys. I can sit and watch them for hours and not be bored. I like monkey behavior so much, two of the gifs I send the most via text message are monkeys...
Monkey See, Monkey Do… the cycle of discipleship that replicates as seers become seen, but also a cycle that has no end on this side of the resurrection, as a seen monkey never loses the responsibility to see other monkeys....
