by Chris Wiles | Mar 15, 2012 | Faith
One of the ways people look for that sense of grounding, or “home” is to connect with the spiritual side of things. And indeed, when we looked at the scene in Luke 11:18-20 on Sunday, we found Jesus standing in the middle of a place that was full of rival religious... 
by Chris Wiles | Mar 14, 2012 | Faith
Home is a universal human experience – most often in the context of leaving it and finding it again. “Home is where the heart is,” we’re told, and ultimately I suspect the reverse to be true. In either case, this old statement informs us that a commitment to one’s... 
by Chris Wiles | Mar 10, 2012 | Faith
The following video is “Yahweh,” by the band U2. The name “Yahweh” is one of the primary names for God in Hebrew. It was a deeply personal name, so much so that when the name “Yahweh” was printed, the Hebrews used to switch to the name “Adonai” (analogous to “Lord”)... 
by Chris Wiles | Mar 9, 2012 | Faith
To finally put the last piece on this week’s series of posts, we need to go back to Luke 5. It’s right after Jesus heals the paralyzed man who’d been lowered through the window. And, as we saw, Jesus calls Levi away from his life as a tax collector to be a disciple... 
by Chris Wiles | Mar 8, 2012 | Faith
His whole life had been defined by distance. He was an “outsider,” they told him; a Samaritan. To this day he still couldn’t remember all the reasons why he and the Jews would never really get along. “Unclean,” they said, not because of anything he’d done, but...
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