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This summer I served the public as a campground host for a Forest Service facility outside of beautiful Ruidoso, New Mexico. It was an amazing experience in which I got to not only wake up to amazing beauty every morning but also to interact with new people every week. I met folks from all over…
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Author’s Note: Sorry it has been a while since I’ve blogged about anything. I got a bit “written out” after doing a bunch of freelance writing this winter and the writing bug hasn’t struck since. I’ll likely be more active as the weather warms and as new experiences come my way. Today being Mother’s Day,…
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“Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8).” I have always loved this statement from Romans 5.…
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“(Paul, Silas & Timothy) passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. …
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“This man has done nothing wrong!” came a dying man’s impassioned plea. It was this horrifying scene. Three men, iron nails through their wrists and feet, hanging on rough wooden beams. One man, the featured execution, had a shredded back and bloody head from the beating he endured and the mock crown of thorns on…
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Theology is important but it must be complete — spiritual AND physical. I love how St. James (half- or step-brother of Jesus) addresses this issue in his letter: “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,’…
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Santa Claus is a fascinating figure to study. He represents both the negative and positive views of God in our Western society. He is a stumbling block to so many Christians every year because our culture lives and breathes Santa and reindeer and elves every Christmas.
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Today’s Bible verse takes us back to the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is about the incarnation of Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God. To focus our attention on Jesus this month, there is always the Advent wreath, a tremendous Church tradition that goes back hundreds of years and celebrates the arrival of Christ…
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But God offers something that turns brokenness around: reconciliation, restoration and relationship. He is the Healer. And for that, we can give great thanks. One idea of God that this world doesn’t “get” is the idea of God as a restorer of broken things. Jesus came to walk this earth, preaching, “the kingdom of God…
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Me standing on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 9 November, 2012. Edinburgh is my new “home away from home” and the place I’m seeking the Lord’s guidance for future ministry to artists. It’s an amazing city of arts with many young artists with many spiritual needs among them. It is my prayer that the…
J.C. Newton 