I haven't posted for a couple of days because I found out on Wednesday that I have to preach tomorrow. It looks like I'm coming from Mark 4, the Peace Be Still passage. I'm calling it my PEACE of the Rock. I'll be comparing the disciples' experience to our whitewater rafting experience, and talking about how we have to claim our peace of the Rock which is Jesus Christ.
Was watching Lockup and it occurs to me that people aren't necessarily evil so much as they get possessed by evil spirits. If you look at the worst offenders, they all have this crazy look in their eyes, and they're doing weird, self-destructive things. I don't believe we humans do that; I believe that's the influence of evil spirits. When the Bible talks about being possessed by evil spirits, I believe they're talking about people who exhibit behaviors that are so unnatural they seem to not be human. Evil spirits is the only explanation.
Today I had the opportunity to have a discussion with our Bishop, who also happens to be the Senior Bishop of the CME Church. I'm excited about the prospects of the next four years. There are lots of things that are broken in our Church, but there is also a willingness among the leadership to acknowledge our brokenness and to begin to fix it. That's wonderful. Everything can't change overnight, but to start the process of change is amazing.
And so I have posted something for today. I'm going to chop up some pineapple and mango, make a smoothie, and go to bed. More later.
Poor Cleveland. After LeBron's departure, what do they have going for them?
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