The Unbroken Ground

(Tell me, am I right?) Don't you feed me lines About some idealistic future (Tell me, am I right?) My heart won't heal right If you keep tearing out the sutures - Nothing Better by The Postal Service

You should be a city on a hill.

Tozer, Toad in the hole, and talking The Fifth Element with Jim

I think I only like mysteries I can solve. That is probably why I love escape rooms...solve the puzzle in 60 minutes or less. God is the ultimate mystery. How does the Trinity work? What about foreknowledge, and if Jesus knew everything, it would be fine, but why is He physically reacting to the stress in the garden of Gethsemane? This podcast mostly just asks those questions... please, no expecta...

We missed March...but we got April in. Enjoy!

Nation-building and Christianity often conflict in significant ways. The true calling of Christians is to build within and for the kingdom of God. Join me as I recount the reasons why we must approach the intersection of these two concepts with great caution.      

Be careful what you believe, because it will shape what you think and ultimately what you will tolerate. I don't talk a whole lot about it, but here is the song I found that made me think a lot about beliefs and how they can cause harm. Drunk Again - Song House & Maria Rose

Spending time with Jesus doesn't always mean following Jesus. Like Judas, you can be Christ-adjacent but not a Christ follower. 

Jim jons me for a monthly discussion about life and stuff....sometimes things. 

Welcome to season 4. Love God, Love people. If you say you have faith, but you don't love, do you really? What fruit is being produced as you follow Jesus?  

Year 4 of doing podcasts....you would imagine we would be better at this....maybe next year! 

Ummm...so in the intro I said this was episode 14.... It's not, it's 16 - but it is the last episode of the season. Join me for a journey surrounding the idea that "The Opposite of Love is Indifference"

Jim talked and stuff 

Who's thankful for another Jim talk? I know I am, how about you?

I've been off social media for about a month. I have been thinking about the general feeling that having a constant connection to a phone that demands my emotions and attention. And then today, I was reminded that as sheep we listen for the voice of the Good Shepherd. How are you doing at that?

I have been listening to a lot of Dallas Willard lately. I wish I were half as intellectual, and so you should probably go listen to or read his works; that would do a great deal of good for many of us. 

Did we prepared? No! Did we do a holiday-themed show? You betcha!

I am a sinner. You are too. Everyone has fallen short of God's standard. We shouldn't use labels to categorize people as us versus them. But we do. Jesus calls us to do better. He reminds us to love our enemies and the least of these because that is what following Jesus really looks like. 

Wake me up when September ends. We almost didn't make September, but we did. Another rambling, stumbling chat with Jim, this time in September.

It's two sides of the same coin. We are saved from something, and we are saved for something. We have majored in being saved from something, and unfortunately, we have also minored in being saved for something. 

It is hard to reconcile the fact that someone can preach the gospel of Jesus and have speech filled with hate. But it happens all the time. Finding Jesus does not mean that we will immediately have the correct thought. Most of us are stuck in our culture, and we are products of our community. And sometimes we don't even realize that there is a problem until we meet someone who makes us reevaluate....

Last week, it was fruit; this week, it's seeds. Planting some ideas, hopefully.

Thinking and talking through Galatians 5. What kind of fruit are you producing?

I talk about three artists/creative people who help me work on loss, lament, and finding hope. I will always recommend listening to their music/reading their books/seeing them live whenever you can.    Ross King - Ross Published Author ─ The Tyler Merritt Project Joel Ansett

Jim is back, You should listen.