Sep 6 2009

One Another

As we talked about on Sunday, there are two extremes that we can take in following Jesus.
First, there are those who want to make Christianity about “Knowledge”. It is as if there is a certain religious SAT score needed to enter into heaven and they are studying hard, while chiding those whose test answers don’t match their own.
Second, there are those who believe that Christianity is about “Love”. They are not in the SAT study groups, they are out impacting the world with compassion and kindness.
If I read Jesus’ words carefully, I don’t believe he advocated either extreme. He spoke of “Knowing God” AND “Loving your Neighbor”. In fact, He said that the more that we got to know Him, the more we would get to know the Father, who is LOVE, and thus; we would love better because of it.
As a community, our desire is to grow closer to God and through that, experience a journey of growth in our lives that expresses love in a way that is beyond ourselves. We want to invite you to share part of that journey with us. On Sunday, September 6th, at our Pathways in the Park, everyone recieved a card with a Scripture on it. We were challenged to read it, meditate on it, memorize it, talk about it, encourage someone with it, and struggle with it. This space is for you to express a piece of that journey (as large or as small as you desire) with the Pathways Community.
- Dean

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Aug 27 2009

God Is…

….. you finish the sentence.  God Is   ___________ .

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Aug 18 2009

“Yet”

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If you grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, then you’ve got to remember those Saturday morning cartoons by Schoolhouse Rock. My personal favorite was, “I’m Only a Bill”. However, the chorus that has stuck with me over years was from the song, “Conjunction Junction.” It explained the significance of so many little words in the English language. Isn’t it amazing the power these connecting words have within a sentence? Have you ever thought about it?

“And” can dance forever.
“Or” gives choice.
“Nor” gives none.
“But” puts the brakes on the sentence that was about to make your day.
“If” places conditions on love whispered.
“Yet.” That three letter word that endures all and yearns for hope.

This week, in Habakkuk 3, our “Bargaining Prophet” comes to the end of his questions. When we get to the end, we are supposed to find the answers. You can’t watch a movie or read a book without getting to the answers eventually. But Habakkuk does not find answers; instead he finds “Yet.”

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