Category: relationships
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We, the people
I had a splendid interview on BlogTalkRadio last night with Doug Stevens about loving our enemies. Tolerating our enemies is not a high enough standard. Jesus wants us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute (say evil against) us. This discussion was spurred on by a talk on loving our enemies that…
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Overcoming barriers to love
“I am the bearer of a message packed full of love for people I am afraid to be around.” – John Fischer I chanced upon this sentence of mine reading a review of my latest book, Confessions of a Caffeinated Christian: Wide Awake and Not Alone. As a published writer, I am well aware of…
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Two beers and the Holy Spirit?
I love Sandie’s comment after yesterday’s Catch. I think we can all relate. How about “Tidings of comfort and joy?” Do people look forward to your coming; do they blossom in your presence? Or do they look forward to your leaving, and breathe a sigh of thanks and relief when you do? We choose. Lord…
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Swing low, sweet chariot
Dark Horse by John Fischer He’s a dark horse in the nighttime Heading straight for the enemy camp And he has no fear ‘cause his eye is clear Throwing light like a burning lamp And maybe sometime at the right time You may see him galloping by A simple man with a single plan And…
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Our lives tell the story
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also. 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 Ministry – including evangelism and discipleship — is people touching people; life on…
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Alone or together?
“Yours for the Journey” means we are not alone. It means we belong to each other for the duration. It means that if you choose to mess up, you take me with you; and if I mess up, I take you with me. That’s the kind of thing that might make us think twice before…
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A proper disregard for the law
[Note: If you’ve been reading the Catch all week, you can skip the first two paragraphs.]
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My Valentine
For purpose of themes for the Catch, I’m going to stretch Valentine’s Day into one more day. I’m sure you can still find some hearts around the house, or in some of the local businesses you will visit today. Aside from Presidents’ Day, and not everybody honors that, it’s the only thing in the otherwise…
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Second call
You can’t join the church, you’re joined to the church by the work of the Spirit of God. There are no options to Christian community. When Jesus Christ calls us to Himself, he calls us to each other simultaneously. – Don Williams I first met Don Williams when I was a young high school graduate attending a…
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From fear to eternity
People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I sought to prepare a Catch today surrounded by quotes from Dr. Martin Luther…
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A smile that could light a candle
Marti heard about my day today and that I was just starting the Catch at 2pm and suggested I write about a “normal” day in the life of John. My plan was to be writing the Catch this morning at a snowboard destination in the southern California mountains while Chandler and his friend were snowboarding.…