Tag: friend

• Relationship Do-Overs

  The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it…

  Blake

  March 13, 2014

  Church Unity, leadership

  boundaries, Christian, church, clay, co-dependent, daughter, friend, Jeremiah 18, leader, pastor, potter, relationship, son

• Bonhoeffer on the Benefits of Confession to One Another

  Tuesday Re-mix – As Christians, we have been given only one mechanism to deal with sin in our lives: confession.  There simply is no other means of prevailing over sin.  Confession is our only hope. Much of what I understand scripture to teach us about confession comes from my old friend, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  So today…

  Blake

  March 22, 2011

  Books that Changed Me, Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Genuine Community

  accountability, Bonhoeffer, Christian, church, community, confession, cross, friend, Life Together, sin

• Confessions of a Bad Servant

  Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and rerun for your consideration and comments. Last Summer, in our Sunday morning Bible Study, my class did a series on Spiritual Disciplines. As I prepared the lesson on the Discipline of Serving others, I finished reading Same Kind of Different as Me,…

  Blake

  March 10, 2009

  Books that Changed Me, Everyone’s a Minister, Spiritual Formation

  catch and release, Christianity, Denver Moore, friend, relationships, Ron Hall, Same Kind of Different As Me, Servant, spiritual discipline