Gateway Fellowship

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and...

James 5:13-20 New Revised Standard 13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins w...

A.K.A. "Adversity can wreck our faith." That's why we need each other! This chat is based on some of Paul's thoughts in 1 Thessalonians chapters 2 and 3.

Beauty for ashes.

Isaiah 9, wintertime blues, 75 inch tv, dollar store candy, and more. It's a Christmas chat.

What's my core identity? Who am I, really?

This was two separate topics we chatted about at last night's Wednesday Whiteboard.

Luke 15:1-2 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.  2  This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them!

I spent a week in the mountains with young people doing inner healing work. It's always intense and special. And it is SO good to have such a grace-community to come home to.

Joel is a real friend to Gateway. He spoke while I was away in Costa Rica.

This chat is based on Luke 19:11-27

What gets my attention is more important to who we become than what happens.

Our overseer Mark conducted the service to formally recognize Carl and Stan as assistant pastors at Gateway.

What is your conscience? Does it always line up with God's truth? How can we line it up? What are some religious approaches to a defiled conscience? What about religious approaches to a clean conscience? What are some gospel solutions to deal with a defiled conscience? How is conviction different than condemnation? How is an orphan spirit different from the Spirit of Adoption? What's a hyperactive...

What perfectionism isn't, what it is, what kinds of things it says, and some things that might work better for us, such as... "Done is better than perfect." "Just keep moving." "We ain't building no piani." (Acceptable tolerances)

Do I fit in? Do I belong? If they really knew me, would they really love me?

12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.14 For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. (Heb 3:12-14 NRS)

Comparison is a real joy thief.

Linda on faith, generosity, and more.

Carl is one of our assistant pastors. :)

Life's full of contradictions.

This is the first time someone was so tall I could barely fit them in the baptismal tub. :)

I wrote this for me, but shared it in case others may find it helpful.

What is it that God most wants from and FOR you and me?

"A bruised reed he will not break and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out."