Life Around "The Fire"

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes religion makes my head spin and my stomach hurt. Highly religious people tend to make me nervous and uncomfortable when they catch me off guard. I don't get that same thing from people who have a real, healthy relationship with God. There's something peaceful and uplifting when we get together. It's like a couple of magnifying glasses sitting side by side...

Send us Fan Mail Commitment can be "a 4 letter word". Commitments seem to be getting more and more rare these days. Let alone, "covenant". A covenant is a commitment on steroids! So, what is a "covenat"? What is "The New Covenant"? How does that fit in with being a "Peace-maker"? Take your seatbelts off because we are breaking the law and going int...

Send us Fan Mail "Where is God when it hurts?" "Who is this God Who allows all this suffering, anyway?" "Why is this taking so long?" Decisions, decisions! The Day of the LORD is near, in the valley of Decisions. Choices are in front of us all of the time. To  have belief or unbelief is the question. What is unbelief? Let's find out the differences while we make...

Send us Fan Mail "People at the office are getting sick and I just know I'm next." "I never have enough money." "The thought of them coming over gives me a headache." We've all said things like that and consider it to be just a normal way of life. It's only normal because we are accustomed to living an abnormal or subnormal existence. Fear is the motiva...

Send us Fan Mail Worry causes so many problems for us. Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual pressure are created by worry. Worry is common but that doesn't make it necessary. Worry is a habbit that can only be broken by peace. The peace of God is available to all of us right now. It's almost a fantasy type dream for some of us to imagine a life without worry. It's like an overw...

Send us Fan Mail When I was a kid I once took apart an old water pump my dad had in our barn. I was curious and ambitious. So I tore the old pump apart.  I thought that there would maybe be like 5 parts to it, It had more like 500 parts to it. Long story short I was overwhelmed and I never put the pump back together. However, the main point I walked away with was understanding that I wasn't r...

Send us Fan Mail There are times when saying nothing at all is the best thing a person can do. It's not always easy saying nothing. However, well times words and actions can produce in a few minutes what may have taken days to resolve (or no resolution whatsoever). The words we say, and don't say, ultimately need to be bridled by God! Let's see what we have to say (or not say) about...

Send us Fan Mail I can't tell you how many unfinished tasks and broken promises I have in my background because there are just too many of them to count. I have countless half-written letters. I have been a master at procrastination and excuses. I have lacked something that I couldn't put my finger on. Until... Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and yo...

Send us Fan Mail Filling the spiritual atmosrhere of our communities with prayer, praise and worship unto the LORD is how we get His reign/rain of glory and shalom to fall upon the places where we live. What goes up will come down. Our prayers of faith to God are very effective.  They actually are used to change the environment where we live. We have an affect on the quality of life we expereience...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew 25:1-13 provides for us a powerful parable taught by the Master, YESHUA! Sometimes we settle for the activity instead of knowing the One Who is the real reason for all of the activity which is leading up to the party! Let's be wise when it comes to our involvement in the Kingdom of God. Being foolish and procrastinating only leads complications. Are we settling for th...

Send us Fan Mail The dogs are barking, the kids are yelling, dad is drinking hard, and mom is high as the Rocky Mountains. The house is not filled with peace. The peace of God. Is there really such a thing? You who know it is. Somehow you know it's real. But, it has to be imparted then experienced. Once experienced it starts to grow. It grows out of us and is headed straight toward those arou...

Send us Fan Mail If it ain't real I don't have time for it anymore! I only want the TRUTH. Lies are nothing more than truth that has been manipulated and perverted for selfish motives. The Peace of God is what makes real sense and true peace. We need Him to be both in us  but also through us. God making PEACE happen to us and through us. It begins with God, then He enters into  us, and t...

Send us Fan Mail We've all stubbed our big toe trying to get through a room when it's dark. Funny how when I stub my toe my tongue says words. The whole thing catches me off guard. That's how it is when God proves to us how much (or how little) of His character is actually in us. It catches us off guard.... pop qiz! God uses life to put a "squeeze" on enabling us to see if...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever purchased something from the store that looked good in the box but when you got it home it really didn't work like you hoped it would?: The answer is probably, "Yes". The same goes for things we read or hear about that are found in the Bible. Do they actually work when we get them out of the book and actually try to use them at home? The answer is, &qu...

Send us Fan Mail Is all this "God stuff" really practical? Does relationship with Jesus really transform my life? What does God's peace look like when He is living in me? These are all valid questions with real and sometimes difficult to accept answers. Nonetheless, difficult or not, they are true and real. It better for us to get on board vs us getting out of the way or getting run...

Send us Fan Mail When I get uncomforable in a relationship on of my first reactions is to get out of the relationship. Sometimes that's a good thing. If things are abusive and toxic it's never a good idea to suck it up, stick around, and just take it (or give it). However, the majority of  our situations in life with other people are not that extreme. In those situations it's import...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wished you could eat your words. Like one person once said, "I'm seasoning my words with kindness because tomorrow I just might have to eat them." Sometimes we say and talk too much. Sometimes it's hard to be quiet. We are almost addicted to noise and commotion. Just watch one of the kids shows on the television or computer. Things change every 2...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling or sensing the atmosphere of the room you walk into is a reality that most of us deal with on a regular basis without really thinking twice about it. However, when a person stops and allows themselves to be still we can begin to recognize the mood or tone of what is going on. Walk into a packed bar at closing time. You'll get a definite read on the atmosphere. walk in...

Send us Fan Mail Restoring a broken figurine to it's original condition is no small endeavor. Fixing it with glue is one thing. Restoring it all the way to brand new (and better than new) takes an act of God! I broke a tall, ceramic figurine of my mother's during one of my wild, house parties back in the 1970's. We glued it back together (most of it). It was pretty good but, it wasn...

Send us Fan Mail Folks, either all of this stuff about Yeshua/Jesus is real or it's just a bunch of empty words. He is either a lunatic, liar, or... or... Or, Jesus Christ/ Yeshua Hamashiach is LORD! Well, the TRUTH is He is both LORD and Prince of Peace. I know He is real because I have met Him personally and He has graciously decided to move in and He lives in my house. The Peace-Maker is i...

Send us Fan Mail Being a peace-maker is not always popular. Just like it's not always easy to be compassionate. Being a peace-maker isn't always being a people pleaser or peace-keeper. God is the One Who needs to be comfortable in the environment He is being invited into. Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and you will be loved!  Feel free to check out...

Send us Fan Mail We can't make peace if we ain't got no peace to begin with. I used to think having a few drinks and smoking some good weed (I've done a ton of it) was the key to having "peace". It was only psuedo-peace. It was actually a simple altering of chemicals in my body that produced  a type of euphoria that only lasted for a few hours. Once the drugs wore off so d...

Send us Fan Mail God can become small enough to live within us but He is too BIG to stay that Way. The Prince of Peace Who lives in us is dying, or should I say, "LIVING" to get out. Peace is meant to multiply. Peace is meant to cover the Earth. Peace is a Person with a Presence and unlimited Power. Peace is greater than strife and chaos. The peace of God surpasses our ability to complet...

Send us Fan Mail Lesser authority must yield to greater authority. Peace has authority. Chaos has authority. The authority of peace (God's Peace) is greater than the authority of chaos. God's Peace has God's Authority. Children of God are His Peace creators/makers on Earth as it is in Heaven! Kingdom of God, come. Peace of God, be done. On Earth as it is in heaven. Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail My thought life, friends, music, the words that come out of my mouth along with some other key things affect how we perceive and express the Kingdom of God. Peace flows like a river. A river has river banks. Our lives and the condition of them are the banks of The River of God, The Holy Spirit. We are being fashioned into the type of river banks that can contain a great flow of th...