Ministry in Motion

  A young man named Saul was bent on eliminating Christianity from the face of the earth. He was a Pharisee (well-versed in the Hebrew Scriptures; the Old Testament),a man of knowledge, with hurtful letters, and a destructive spirit. Then Jesus directly intervened in his life. He was shown grace and mercy, which Saul, now Paul, would write: “…But God’s grace has made me what I am, and his grace to me was not wasted…” Philip Yancey explains in his popular book  What’s So Amazing About Grace? , “ Knocked flat on the ground on the way to Damascus, Paul never recovered from the impact of grace: the word appears no later than the second sentence (punctuation matters) in every one of his letters.” Really. Check it out for yourself… Romans: verse 7  to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ! First Corinthians: 3  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! 4  I give thanks

  Humans as a species are not attracted to change. We like things the way we like things. And yet early in Jesus’ ministry he tell us that he’s come to give us a philosophy of change: “Repent,”— change your mind —“for the kingdom of heaven has come near” Richard Rohr writes: “We’re much like animals in this regard. Animals are creatures of habit. Those of us with a dog or a cat know their behavior is predictable. If we change some daily routine, they’ll get upset. I’m afraid to say that we’re much the same…”   Jesus tells us to change our minds - the kingdom of God is near, which is what’s good for the whole of me. If we don’t change and grow, we end up the same at age 70 as we were at 17. I’m not willing to go backwards. My Sunday thought… #pkes       #MinM

" Mary and Joseph totally trusted their inner experience of God and followed it to Bethlehem and beyond. —Richard Rohr “…After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child [Jesus] and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return…” Trust #pkes       #MinM