We are encouraged to tithe/support our local church, especially if we donate to larger, international organizations. Local church usually translates to the church we attend, but what if we took it to mean the church
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Author: Will Schmit
Will Schmit is a volunteer outreach prison minister for Lifehouse Church in McKinleyville Ca. He is the author of Head Lines A Sixty Day Guide to Personal Psalmistry and Jesus Inside A Prison Minister's Memoir and Training Manual both available at Amazon Books and www.schmitbooks.com. The website also includes poetry, ministry updates, and music downloads from Bring To Glory a CD of spoken word with coffee house jazz.
Getting Directions
by Will Schmit A string of naked ladies, the pink flower, face away the ridge road. Orange sunset spent on the odd nude stalks. The ocean, not a mile away, but the hill parched. Our
Read moreThank Friday It’s God
It’s true actions speak louder than words, but some words are an act of faith and mercy unto themselves. Take some time to listen, and repeat, what God the Father says about you. “This is (______), my beloved, in whom I am well pleased.”
Read moreCelestial Sandbox
by Will Schmit A stand alone God, not alone, caws us to sing. Music in orbits, hearts beat the point pounded home. Life in light years, mothers close as stars apart. Celestial tryouts boom behind
Read moreThe Great Permission
I nearly missed my deadline. I’m miles from home on my way to my daughter’s college graduation and the second Thursday of the month just snuck up on me. Trying to compose something in the
Read moreSpell Checker
by Will Schmit New rule. You are what you hear; bottle nosed whale slide blues, mint and fern whipping the air, to turn your head the voice of the Shepherd whistling through His teeth. Facts
Read moreOrder Up !
The menu is not the meal. The recipe is not the meal. Reading our Bible is not the same as sharing the Gospel. When the Word says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Read moreThe Mud of a Man
Airborne blossoms simulate snow, a blushed blizzard of parachuting pear petals touches down on up turned ground, a new garden. Seeds captive in a sack await almanac for thumb deep immersion in sanctified soil, new
Read more…and these Thy gifts
There is a story of three holy men who lived simple lives in isolation on an island in the Aegean Sea. Many healings were attributed to their concern for the fishermen in the surrounding area.
Read morePastoral
As I think of the mansion, the Lord’s prepared for you, I see it has a window to our hearts. When people ask,”What’s Christ done for me?” I mention meeting you in the square, Bible open
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