Life Around "The Fire"

Send us Fan Mail "Doing the stuff" can often seem mundane and quite practical.  Like gladly helping out your fellow believer by periodically, happily, watching their children for a few hours, so they can get some rest (or whatever). No charge and without bragging about it to others. Changing the oil for a single mom. Free, with no strings attached. Opening the car door for your wife. Nat...

Send us Fan Mail Unity, not uniformity, is the call of God for us to live in and live by. He loves unity... true unity. Pseudo-unity is a farce. Man-made, manufactured attempts at unity eventually lead to oppression and uniformity. Fake unity always ends up with (again) an even greater divide between the haves and the have nots. Love, God's love is at the core of all, true unity. The only tru...

Send us Fan Mail The only way to getting better at "doing the stuff" is to start practicing obedience and actually begin "doing the stuff" because Jesus "did the stuff".  Imitate Jesus. What if I make a mistake? You will. Many times. Just go back and ask the Teacher (Jesus) why it didn't work. Be kind, humble and loving to all people. Minister to everyone who com...

Send us Fan Mail Removing the negative influence of the fear of people/man is best done by the love of God crowding it out from the inside out.  Perfect love (God's love) casts out all fear. To be fearful of others is proven to be a spiritual snare that is designed to choke God's life giving Word and Kingdom out of us. God saves us from being ensnared by fear. Learning to live without un...

Send us Fan Mail A mob mentality can be rather intoxicating.  Riots often take on a life larger than one individual.  Crowd courage is an old trick that is still being used today.  The true, resurrection Life of God is no joke, no ploy, no gimmick or trick.  The Kingdom of Heaven does not move forward because of violence, politics or personality hype!  It is God's Kingdom governed by God and...

Send us Fan Mail If we wait until we know everything for sure... without a doubt, before we do anything risky; we won't do anything.  To walk in faith is to be a risk taker.  I'd rather make a mistake trying to be obedient than doi nothing because I'm afraid of doing something wrong! Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and you will be loved!  Feel...

Send us Fan Mail God will resurrect unto Himself everything and everyone that belongs to Him.  If it's His, it will be resurrected to Eternal Life. If not... it has another outcome and it isn't Eternal Life.  If the purpose or vision that has died in your life is from God, it had to die (for many reasons) and then be resurrected (at various times throughout our life).  It takes a deep tr...

Send us Fan Mail God is not a phony and He isn't into producing fakes or knock offs. God is an Original... in fact He is "The Original".  There are times in our lives when we will experience the reality of starting all over, again.  This episode is designed to help provide some insight for you if that is what is taking place in your life right now. Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jes...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes starting over is exicting and enjoyable. Other times, starting over is very hard and challenging. How we approach transitions in life is important. This episode begins a 3 part series on "Change". I know for sure that this information will benefit at least 1 person.  Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and you will be loved! ...

Send us Fan Mail This is for everyone who has or has ever had a problem that just won't go away. If so, you just might find a solution in this episode! Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as you are and you will be loved!  Feel free to check out our website by typing in lifearoundthefire.com or Life Around The Fire ... We think you'll find some beneficial stuff to...

Send us Fan Mail "What I need is a change... I can't stand this place. The people here drive me nuts. I hate my boss!"  Thoughts and words like that are all over the place regarding a variety of different situations ranging from vocations to relationships.  Changing locations or relationships never solves a problem.  The only way to solve the problem is to deal with it.  Only you an...

Send us Fan Mail It doesn't take wisdom to point out a problem. It takes wisdom to live out a solution to a problem. Wisdom is one of the supreme aquisitions in Life. Be more than just samat, be wise. True, healthy wisdom first comes from God. Timing is everything. Don't fool yourself. Helping other people requires wisdom and timing. Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people......

Send us Fan Mail It's one thing to say, "I'm sorry I stole your rake." It's quite another thing to say, "I'm sorry I stole your rake. I'd like to buy you a nice leaf blower and a rake." Making things right sometimes involves more than just words... it takes some other type of action. That's what this podcast is all about... Making things right one...

Send us Fan Mail It can be devastating to have to say to someone, "I fell flat on my face, again."  Anyone who has ever or is struglling with addiction knows the shame, guilt and fear that go along with that nemesis.  How many times?  To many times to count.  I have often felt like the boy who cried wolf.  Dozens, if not more, of starts and stops. Get up, fall down. Thank God there actua...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been the person who refused to call a problem a problem.? Maybe you've called it a difference of opinion.  Or, maybe you've said, I'm not the one with the problem, you're the one with the problem.  Or, last but not least, maybe you've said, I wish people would just get off my back!  We've all heard the "Denial is not the river (Nile...

Send us Fan Mail Too many years of my life were spent on me plucking the fruit and leaves off of my tree of addictions in hopes that they wouldn't grow back. But, they did, every time. Until... I got to the root and invited God to help me kill it. He did, I did and the some fruit is actually, now dead and a couple areas of the remaining ones are dying. Those that have died are not coming back...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been presented with something and later found out that you didn't get the whole picture when it was first presented to you... like a house that was a money pit? Well that happens all the time with spiritual things/life. This episode will hopefully provide you with a clear understanding about what following the Leadship and Life of Jesus Christ is all about. This...

Send us Fan Mail You can always tell who your Lord/Boss/Leader is and who you are following by the lifestyle you are living and the actions/fruit/character it produces.  You can't get an apple from a thornbush or an orange from a tumbleweed.  Who is your Lord?  Look around and see what you are producing.  Hopefully you like what you see.  If you don't, I'm here to tell you that you...

Send us Fan Mail I remember one of the first times I said, "Praise the Lord" out loud and I meant it... I was nervous and a little bit shy. I loved Him. But, I had seen alot of people, what I classified as phonies, running around and making serving God look dumb. I didn't want to be lumped into their group.  Now I know that just because someone made saying that look kind of creepy d...

Send us Fan Mail Who's the big boss at where you work? What's he/she like? How often do you meet privately with them? What do they like to do? Do they like you as a person? What's your retirement plan and is your boss involved in any future plans? Do you want them to be? Are we done with these questions, yet? We are done asking except for these two: 1) What if Jesus Christ were lite...

Send us Fan Mail "Finally", the man said to me, "You stopped beating aroundthe bush. Yes, I'd love to help you set up those chairs." You get the picture. We all need to have things made real clear to us at times. It's not always comfortable but neither is weeding the garden. This podcast series is going to cause some folks to stop listening to us. That's not our...

Send us Fan Mail I have never actually seen someone use a stick and start beating around a box elder bush unless they were on drugs. Then, I've seen things way crazier things than that one.  Come to find out "beating around the bush" is term for an old English hunting method of beating a bush to drive out the game that was being hunted. Well, apparently there were better methods of...

Send us Fan Mail I'm sure we've all experienced the anticipation of doing something fun. My mom, worked hard as a Nurses Aid in a Nursing Home for well over 25 years of her adult life. Somehow, every summer, she would begin unveiling a 2 week vacation that she had saved and planned for all year. It was going to be a real, good time. Once I knew about it I started counting the days. I wan...

Send us Fan Mail Can you remember being a kid and thinking that you didn't have to grow old... we could stop aging whenever we wanted? I did. Once in awhile things were so  cool and so much fun I never wanted it to end. Well, that was then and this is now. Change is a reality of life. How I handle change will actually determine the quality and condition of all my relationships. What type of p...

Send us Fan Mail "Change"... love it, hate it or try to leave it alone. No matter what, it's gonna happen. It's what we do about it that matters. It would be horrible if we couldn't change, though. We need change. Whether we love it, hate it or try to leave it alone  it will periodically affect each one of us.  Support the show Loving Yeshua/Jesus, Loving people... Come as...