As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the Continue reading
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces behold the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which Continue reading
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery…You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your Continue reading
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, Continue reading
But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. ~Romans 7:6 (ESV) Continue reading
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for Continue reading
One of the purposes of this “middle trimester of discernment” was to unearth and voice the various hopes we carry as a community of faith. During this Easter season and the lead-up to Pentecost we’ve been encouraged to name living Continue reading
This past week I shared on the fifth statement of Jesus on the cross — I’m thirsty — so I’d like to summarize my points here and place them in the context of our life together. This expression of primal Continue reading
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to let die and a time Continue reading
In the last post, The Artist’s Way, I proposed that the “artistic temperament” (as it’s defined by the Enneagram) was the dominant corporate personality of Vineyard Central. Having had a few weeks to reflect more on that thesis, I’m as convinced as Continue reading
In the approach to 2011 I’ve been thinking a lot about our community, considering who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going. Vineyard Central has always been a community that’s a little hard to wrap your arms around. Continue reading
“The saint is a medicine because he is an antidote. Indeed that is why the saint is often a martyr; he is mistaken for a poison because he is an antidote. He will generally be found restoring the world to Continue reading