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AMEN! (and yes - I'm shouting :pray:)

With respect Zzub, sometimes you don't choose the dark night, you just have to walk through it. It is not a decision, it is a season. It is biblical too - and many of the prophets and Jesus himself - wrestled at times with spiritual matters. The Garden of Gethsemane for Jesus was very much a...

I hate to say it - but I rather liked it. I really loved the fact that a group of people got together to do something positive about changing the world for the better - that it wasn't the politics of "what can you do for me?" but rather "what can we do together?" - I am always touched and...

I am so with you on this one t1wGI - I am now trying to work out what I do with this - how I love and live in light of this revelation - and I do think it is revelation.....I suspect God is right in the middle of what you think and will lead you somewhere very exciting.

This is so sad.....it almost made me cry. Please tell me you do not believe this? The reward you will get in heaven is to be with your Father - there is nothing better than that. You will be loved and every tear, every regret, every sorrow will be wiped away.......:groupray:.

Praying for you. Praying for her too. If she loves you that is enough - that is what marriage is - a commitment to love. And yes, sometimes love doesn't feel slushy and romantic like the movies or produce that butterflies feel of a first date.....but what long term relationships do is they...

With the history of this place - those five Indians can cause an awful lot of trouble.....;)

This is a great question - made me realise how much I love my life - which might sound dumb but I don't think I really appreciated. I wouldn't change anything - if I had 30 days to live I'd do what I'm doing now. Home educating my children, spending time with friends and family - spending time...

I think of it like an actual present - all wrapped up - God gives the gift of faith - and he gives it freely to anyone who will accept it. Thing is about gifts you have to receive them - and open them - to really appreciate and use what you have been given. We've all been given faith - only some...

All of the above have nothing to do with whether someone is gay or not....so are really not relevant - unless the mothers in question happen to be gay alcoholics watching inappropriate content whilst smoking dope....which I doubt.

OK...I think I sort of agree. ;) Of course it is not just people who leave churches - sometimes churches leave the people - this last church I was in was exceptionally good at being/thinking it was the head - and they felt free to decide they didn't need certain body parts - the odd little...

Can you explain this further? I think I know what you are saying - but I just want to be sure....

Funny you should say this - I keep thinking that God has allowed me to go through this for a reason - like you say I do understand now how "church" can damage people and turn them away - and wherever I go or end up I think this has to become a central part of my "ministry". It is something I...

I learnt most about expecting things from being pregnant.....I learnt that I need to be patient with my expectations, prepared for surprises, that often before I get what I expect there will be some pain to go through, and that expecting is a creative process of change...not a fixed hope or set...

I often wonder...if as Christians we spent more time just loving people - right where they are at without trying to either judge them or change (and left all that to the Holy Spirit instead) - what would happen? I think - we might actually see more Kingdom transformation than ever...

Drifting is very different to drowning. Right now I feel I could do either...

I would invite the mother and child over and get to know them a bit better - let the kids play whilst we had coffee - and yes I'd then probably be very happy to let her go and play. I've only known one lesbian couple who parented children - but they were great people - and I'd have no problem...

When the status quo sucks it is good to drift.... Keep that hunger - and don't feed it junk food is my advice. There is more than shadows....

I'm talking about institutional church - or what the world sees as church - I guess organisations. I see church as people - the body of Christ. I see worship as living out a life like Christ.....helping the poor, the sick, the widowed and the orphan. Not being afraid to take a whip to the...

Love Homer - thanks for this post - made me smile. :)