Speaking the Truth in Love
Paul’s definition of maturity and unity in the body of Christ is the ability to speak the truth in love. Truth without love is cold, harsh, and often cruel. Love without truth is sentimental and often enabling.
Saved by Suffering
I invite you to meditate on this image. I drew it during my studies in Missional Theology a few years ago. It came to mind today as another convergence of ideas came upon me. Yesterday I listened to The Homebrewed Christianity podcast with Greg Boyd. Tripp Fuller...A Sermon on Handling Conflict from the Good Life Series
This sermon comes from the summer worship series: The Good Life. It uses Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk as a practical tool for carrying out the ministry of reconciliation to which the church is called. I did not write a manuscript, so please follow along in the...
Illustrations for Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk
We preached about conflict in our Good Life Series yesterday. I decided to get really practical and walk the congregation through the steps of LUV Talk as I learned them from the Smalley Institute. Here is the illustrated guide. Please note that I did not get...
MindMap for Sermon on Differences-Conflict
This week we are talking about how to deal with Conflict. This is the mind map I sketched to think through the sermon. I will not use this actual image in the sermon, but I have illustrated Gary Smalley’s LUV Talk. I decided to get really practical and offer the...
A Sermon on Emotions from the Good Life Series
This sermon is part of our summer worship series: The Good Life. We explore how to process emotions in the church. All of our emotions are a good gift from God. We need to have a safe space to process them as we carry each other’s burdens and do life together....
Faith in Christ OR Faith of Christ
Study this simple drawing for a moment. I drew it quickly this morning in response to three things that converged on me during my quiet time. We are talking about Differences in the sermon this weekend, so that has been on my mind all week and formed the lens for the...
How Do We Deal with Differences in the Church?
Our series on the Good Life takes us into some dangerous territory this week. We’re going to talk about Differences. When I first saw that title I thought we were going to talk about diversity and how our differences make up the beautiful tapestry of the Body of...How Do We Handle Emotions in Church?
This is the mind map I made this morning in preparation for the sermon this weekend. I invite you to meditate on it and offer any feedback you think might be helpful for the sermon. Peace.
