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The Great Risk of Love

                              God is in love with a world that doesn’t always respond.  Love has a hope.  Love hopes that it will … [Continue reading]

Confronting Violators

Have you ever watched a man throw a woman around?  It feels like a violation.  It moves me in my core.  Outside a grocery store I watched a young man block his girlfriend from walking away from him.  Though my children were in the car, I ejected … [Continue reading]

Weekend Experience 2.16.2013: The Father’s Love Infusion

By using the Father's love as the standard of marital love, Paul Steiner, in his typical candid and humorous manner, demonstrates that our spouse's love is a response to our love (1 Jn 4:19). … [Continue reading]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!I’m sure if you haven’t done so already, this week we’ll all be putting up new calendars, make new resolutions, while simultaneously looking back at the highs and lows of 2012.  It is a good thing for us all that Jesus is still alive, … [Continue reading]

Unified Freedom

How does a church operate in freedom and move in unity?   Uniformity is not unity.  Uniformity is an indicator of shallow beliefs or a culture that rejects creative, honest dialogue.  Unity is defined by Jesus when he prays that His disciples would … [Continue reading]