on the walk

I am interested in a current series of posts from Mark Roberts.  He is discussing what it means to pray in Jesus name.

You can take a look here and here.  As always, he is short and to the point.  He has at least one post in the series that I am eagerly awaiting.

on the walk
-Ethan

He keeps rolling with good stuff.

Check it out.

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-Ethan

Brian Jones has now written the second of two posts on living frugally.  They are great.  Not rocket science but they have just the right feel.

Let me be the first one to say that Brian Jones needs to writea books on faithful financial living.  Not a book about getting rich. (As if God wants me to be rich)  Or a book that promotes the prosperity gospel.  (When will we stop pretending that tithers get rich because God loves them more.)  But just a book and living simply, giving generously and trusting God for our needs.

So to Brian I say, please write a book on this.

Until then check out his first two posts.

10 Ways To Get Financially Organized (Frugal Pastor—Part 1)

12 Ways To Save Big (Frugal Pastor—Part 2)

on the walk

-Ethan

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. (If you don’t know what that is you can look here for a short but clear explanation.) I was able to help plan a service at my church. It was a powerful and wonderful day, and a few over 400 people showed up. It was a self-paced directed prayer experience.

One of the ideas on which it focuses is the intertwined judgment and mercy of God. This idea that God’s mercy is what makes me seek God as my judge and that God’s righteousness is what makes me seek God as the agent of mercy in my life has become increasingly important to me. I wrote a reading for this service last year that articulates these thoughts. I had kind of forgotten it and when i reread it this year, it was an overwhelming experience for me. If you are interested and missed the service, you can take a look here. (You will probably need to zoom in to see it easily.)

on the walk

-Ethan