Haven't we all felt and been on various levels treated like aliens (illegal, legal) and don't a massive amount of people do the same to Jesus? Yes. Denying Him, "othering" Him. He knows how it feels, hurts, what it did and does to Him and of course each and all of us when it has happened or now at times does. He went to the cross sinless for each of us (all) sinners. That's what was in my mind and heart when I wrote these many years ago. Think on this the next time you look d

Today I'm writing to a specific narrow group of people- those who have run people off, felt or perhaps truly have been burned by others, seen their sins as "more important" than their own, angry, fearful, self-righteous, full of "righteous" (actually unrighteous) judgement to the extent they've nearly or actually nobody left. They are alone, isolated. Such people figure they're "enough" by themselves, no God to bother them. I say Paul's comment super-fits such a soul "...with

How difficult to have faith in an unfaithful person! Some judge God and you and I as not worthy of respect as neither always seems to provide reasons to trust. We simply don't always get what we want when we want it nor the way we want it- from either perfect God or imperfect humans! Yet and still, many of you can honestly say with me "I am a saved sinner and never going to be as faithful as God is". Same goes for all Christ-followers of course. God never sins, is never wro

I'm sitting with a cup of my fave coffee on a windy October afternoon overlooking a pond beyond which are beautifully turning Autumn leaves. The rain will eventually come but isn't likely to be a problem re. my blues concert tonight nor tomorrow morning's Sunday service where I've been invited to lead worship and speak nor at tomorrow evening's Recovery gathering. Three towns, three different sorts of music and speaking events, three varied sets of people in various spiritual

This upcoming weekend in Indiana: -all Indiana shows: Eastern Time Zone- Saturday Oct 18th -Hanfield Global Methodist Church -Marion, Indiana at 7pm 101 N 400 E, Marion, IN 46952-8519 (Blues and blues-worship) 765-664-8726 https://www.hanfield.org Sunday Oct 19 morning -Markle Riverside Church -Markle, Indiana at 10am I've the pleasure of bringing worship and Word :) 316 140 W Morse St, Markle, IN 46770 260-758-2855 https://www.markleriverside316.com Sunday Oct 19 evening -T

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