We need to grasp that key foundation to the work of the Spirit. We still confuse power, charisma, the big and spectacular, gifting, with true spirituality.  Instead we need to see the Holy Spirit at work always leads us to hear and see that Jesus is Lord.   We all know it. And yet again... Continue Reading

Communion is a whole church gathering event.  Not home groups.  Not family groups, not for groups of friends.  To share communion like that is actually a denial of what communion symbolises. But we also need to guard against becoming too familiar with this meal and its symbolism. There’s a danger of that happening for us... Continue Reading

In a subsistence society, no large fields, no mega farms, but family sized plots, this was radical trust in God, a celebration of the future faithfulness of God in the first fruits of a harvest the he will provide. It’s a helpful reminder that God provides.     How do we avoid entitlement and its... Continue Reading

Pernicious entitlement is also a danger for us spiritually.  It leads us to a life of thankless grumbling that refuses to acknowledge God’s good gifts, instead taking them, and his goodness for granted.  Spiritual pernicious entitlement saps faith like a mosquito drawing blood and replacing it with it’s viral load.   We have a problem... Continue Reading