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Hello Online Community and St. John's Family,

I want to make you aware of a discipleship opportunity... but first please indulge me.

It’s confession time. 

There is a word that has been haunting me lately… “coercion”.  It’s such a nasty word. It just sounds wrong.

I found this definition of “coerce” – “The Intimidation of a victim to compel the individual to do something against his or her will by the use of psychological pressure, physical force, or threats.”

 That’s The...

Long before the Lord ever blessed us with our son Zane, we made the decision that Santa Claus would not be a part of our families Christmas celebration.  Let me pause because experience has taught me I need to.  Please do not get hung up here.  This is usually where people start asking a million questions... Why?

 I love the smell of freshly popped corn.  This was the smell I was counting on as an advertisement for the Oct. 8th Christ in Films, Discipleship Event.  While working the popcorn machine, I dropped one of the individual little kernel’s on the floor. I picked it up right as the rest of the kernels began to explode and popcorn was pouring out of the pot.  I looked at the kernel and then back to the popped kernels and it struck me.  This is how the Scriptures are. 

“One foot after another.  One foot after another.  Just keep walking.

As a parent, my constant frustration with my 3 year old is his constant disobedience.  Doesn’t he understand that when I tell him to do something, I mean it.  Not because I want to rule over him and make his life miserable, but because it's what’s best for him.  When I tell him to clean his toys up, it’s because I want to teach him to take care of what has been

Just a quick advent thought.  

Tonight as my family and I arrived at St. John's Christmas Concert things were less than tranquil. We were late as usual and the stress level in the car was high. The roads were a mess, rain and snow was falling and the sidewalks were just beginning to get slick. I dropped my family off, circled around the building and found a spot on the street. Even the walk to the churches front door felt contested, as I trudged through a wet, muddy, slick mess.

I don’t think I have ever digressed at the beginning of a blog before. That is until now.