Tag: love

How do you identify with Jesus?

Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you’ve done it to me. And this is what I’ve come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they’re just wrong. They’re not bad, they’re just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in a beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken…. – Rich Mullins

Where have you seen Jesus lately?

Thoughts on love and forgiveness

St Peters Brewery

Originally posted at StPetersBrewery.info

I’ve witnessed a couple great examples of people truly living out love and forgiveness recently in my life — especially through some people very close to me. Their stories inspire me to believe that while St. Peter’s Brewery may be a fictional story — the ideas contained within it can truly be lived out day by day. Here’s a couple excerpts from Chapter 8 of St. Peter’s Brewery that deal with these ideas:
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Creating a culture of adoption in the church

“We need the church.”

“In order for the church to be effective to this ministry and this calling… They’re going to have to be a healing culture. They’re going to have to be a forgiving culture. They’re going to have to a faith that is renewed daily.”
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Understanding the fine print

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As part of our training to be foster parents, we were required to make a set of family rules. It seemed almost funny to come up with house rules, knowing we were wanting an infant or toddler at the oldest.

They’re broad and yet basic. Not super specific.

And of course, our first test of these rules, our first placement — two toddlers.

I considered reading all the rules to them (I think there are 7 or 8 rules) but in reality it wouldn’t make any sense to them.

Instead of focusing on the big picture rules, we have to daily remind them of the fine print.
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What if I told you “I love you?”

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What if I told you, “I love you” every day for a full year?

And what if each day I also reminded you of your past and nagged you about all the things you need to change in your life?

What would you remember at the end of the year? What would you think about me?

A chat with Charles Lee about !deation Conference

I had a great video chat with Charles Lee about the upcoming !deation Conference (April 5-6, 2010 in Long Beach):

Registration is taking place now www.ideationconference.com

A special web registration rate of $249 expires tomorrow (Jan 15, 2010) – so sign up today.

And I love that as part of your registration cost, you can pick a group to donate $25 towards — so with 400 registrations, !deation will be donating $10,000 to some great non-profits.

Find out more at: www.ideationconference.com or on twitter at: @theideation

Thanks to Charles for taking the time to chat – and to Wetoku for the great service.