Welcome to Church Simplified
A simplified approach to being the church discovering a close personal relationship with the godhead
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
There is a song we used to sing in our services. I do not remember who wrote it or recorded it—I did not what to take the time to look them up. One of the verses when something like this, “I was sure by now that you would have reached down and wiped our tears away,...
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
As a writer I understand the importance of crafting a story to draw the reader in. As a blogger I understand the importance of keeping it real so that those who read it can relate. The simple fact about this unexpected journey is that it isn’t always headline news. We...
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
One of the commitments that we have made while on this journey is to be honest with our children about were we are; what we are going through. The reason is to be open about our trust in the Father’s willingness to take care of us. It may not be in the way we would...
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
The excitingly scary thing about an unexpected journey is the fact that unexpected things happen. The last two posts have been a departure from the actual journey itself, although as I stated earlier, this discovery has been at the heart of the journey. In what we...
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
As another element of this unexpected journey unfolds, I realize that this deep abiding hope is curiously missing something that has been at the core of my religious upbringing. You could even say that it is something that will blow the cork off of your religious...
The unexpected journey: the journey continues
The hope that I am speaking about—the hope that causes you to look at this life very differently than you might look at it now as a Christian, is a hope that causes you to embrace change, perhaps even radical change, in order to be ready or prepared for the things...