Walking the talk is about as accurate a measure of integrity as we have, especially as regards a faith walk. Jesus’s ministry began with the words, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Read moreThe Two Step
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.
The Lap of The Lord
I lay my head in the lap of the Lord. The wrinkled clay of my brow smoothed by His thumb. In my hair His breeze is a blue blanket to my soul, His sunlight warm
Read moreIt all hinges on this
“When one door closes, another opens.” The maxim is attributed to Alexander Graham Bell, with a slight variation about the door to happiness coming from Helen Keller. Because it has such a proverbial ring to
Read moreHark, The Herald Angels Swing
“Christmas time is here, our favorite time of year,” When the Lord puts a song on our family’s heart for the season it’s invariably from A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio. Popular, original,
Read moreThe Perfect Church
Let’s design a perfect church. Start with the chairs. Next to every seat, leave a seat empty for mercy, for Jesus. Realize what is true. We are seated, with Christ, at the right hand of
Read moreGo Spell it on a Mountain
Preaching the Gospel is easy, even in the 30′ by 50′ chapel at Pelican Bay State Prison. Living the Gospel in a cell block, on the exercise yard, or in solitary confinement is a different
Read morePeek-a-Boo
Will God find you if you’re not looking to be found? Some folks have no use for God. They perceive no need of Him, or they hold the world’s troubles as proof of faith’s futility.
Read moreSpeak Brother Speak
In order to regularly get the time off I needed to explain the significance of my men’s small group to my new boss. A phrase like ‘Bible Study’ might have been sufficient, but it’s oddly
Read moreFaith: Talk, Balk, or Walk
Is our faith our responsibility? Scripture says to each is given a measure of faith (Romans 12:3). The apostles prayed to have the Lord increase their faith (Luke 17:5). Many theologians might argue that faith
Read moreChurch – Mundane or Miraculous?
I suppose that on any given Sunday any church might risk shutting the door in the face of a sinner or a saint as a consequence of opening a window to the soul, which might be another reason that after He fed the five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, Jesus made a special point to go back and gather up the crumbs.
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