Seeing the World in Black and White article

My friend Lance shared this terrific article with me. I highly recommend it!

Darien

From Lance:

"I've been blessed by many Greg Morse articles at Desiring God over the years. This one is just fantastic. So honest. Touches on the heart issues and bitterness that can develop between all tribes. He really highlights the call upon Christ-followers to respond differently, and it's quite refreshing."

Seeing the World in Black and White: How Much Do Assumptions Divide Us?

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/seeing-the-world-in-black-and-white

Dream Big

My thoughts after listening to Don Miller interview Bob Goff on his new book Dream Big.

Courage

In today's culture, it's easy to be cowered into silence or paralyzed by fear. We must be strong and courageous as God leads us to speak and act justly (with grace and truth. So let's do this! Deuteronomy 31:6 Joshua 1:7-9 Acts 23:11

We The Kingdom - Holy Water (Live)

I'm digging this song right now.

"We Can Do Better" - an open letter

God is Working. Are you paying attention?

God has been at work in and through our people the past ten weeks of COVID-mania.

Here's a list of some of the things happening in the life of Grace the last ten weeks:

• 5 PM Deacon Prayer Calls - we launched this to help us check on our people early and often
• 8 AM Morning Prayer Calls - we launched this back in Dec. to practice more dependency on God
• Pray4SC.com was launched recently by one of our members 
• Groups and Sundays transitioned to online zoom chats
• Neighborhood care packages delivered (Amy & Kate) to Frankie Lane residents (Ladson)
• Memory Verse cards delivered to children and families
• 6 friends of Grace attended Starting Point (Whittington, Wright, Mather, LaDuke)
• 2 weddings of our members
• 3 drive-by parades (Caleb & Shyanne, Spencer & Ana, Lyndsey)
• 2 distant drives to get college students home safely (Jenny & Kara)
• 4 times helping people move (Edwards, Leckie, Mather, Black)
• 3 lost jobs but got new jobs (Byron, Peter C, Tricia C)
• 2 families were assisted in yard work
• 2 babies on the way (Lizzie E & Taylor C)
• 1 COVID-19 case
• Lots of meals shared

I share these things from our small church to help you see that God is at work in and around us all of the time. 

God is working in and around your life too.  

Are you paying attention?

One race - the Human race

I love Tony’s sentiment here. This is such a profoundly beautiful picture of what Jesus calls his followers to exemplify. You sense their genuine ability to love and respect each other as family. It’s not that they don’t see their differences. It’s that they don’t think those differences don’t matter. They love each other and that’s what matters.

I’d like to simply say let’s remember the prayer Jesus prayed and what he said about the power of his people walking together in unity:

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” -Jesus praying

‭‭John‬ ‭17:20-21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ #LoveYourNeighbor #LoveOneAnother