A Prayer from the Carmina Gadelica

Last updated on: May 12, 2015 at 12:36 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

The stones would shout

Last updated on: May 8, 2015 at 9:14 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Finding your elephant

Last updated on: May 6, 2015 at 4:52 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Three blindfolded people were led to an elephant. The first person touched the elephant’s ear and said, “This is soft and supple like well worn leather.” The second person touched the elephant tusk and said, “This is hard and smooth, like marble.” The third sightless person reached out and felt the elephant’s leg. “This is strong and sturdy like a table leg, and yet rough like the bark of a mighty tree.” The same elephant from three perspectives – all... Read more

A Prayer for Traveling

Last updated on: May 4, 2015 at 10:07 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

“Accepting Christ”

Last updated on: April 18, 2015 at 12:43 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

We’re born sinners. That’s what some Christians think. (Or is this what many Christians think? It appears so.) Most evangelicals say our sin nature is total depravity and the only thing that can save us is the grace of God. A common belief is that you “accept Christ,” and then you are saved. “Jesus offers us the gift of eternal life,” they say, “and we must accept this gift by repenting of our sin and believing in Jesus as our... Read more

Carmina Gadelica prayer

Last updated on: April 11, 2015 at 9:10 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

Bake for them two

Last updated on: April 8, 2015 at 9:54 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

An excellent perspective of what Jesus expects us to do. “Christians, our Jesus said to not only follow the law, but to rise to a higher standard of love. Christians should be the FIRST people baking cakes — for everyone who asks us. We should be known for our cake baking. People should be saying, “There go those crazy Christians again, baking cakes for everyone. They just won’t quit!” Then, when we share the reason for our wild, all-inclusive love,... Read more

Appy Heaster

Last updated on: April 4, 2015 at 11:03 am By Jim Meisner Jr.

A Sermon for Martin Luther King Jr., on the anniversary of his murder

Last updated on: April 3, 2015 at 4:57 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

This is a sermon I gave in the past, that I’ve rewritten a little for today. John 1:29-42 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for... Read more

For Good Friday

Last updated on: April 2, 2015 at 10:48 pm By Jim Meisner Jr.

Here’s a wonderful excerpt of an interview with Bono, as he patiently and simply explains his faith in Christ. “I find it hard to accept, that millions and millions of lives, half the earth, for two thousand years, have been touched, have felt their lives touched, and inspired by some nutter,” Bono says. “I just don’t believe it.” I agree with him. This was one of the thing that helped me move from being an agnostic to being a follower... Read more