Throughout each of our own life journey, there likely has been situations and experiences where we’ve had to make a decision. This decision could be made toward something as simple as “what am I going to eat for dinner tonight”, to something with the magnitude of transferring a job, school, even a relationship. Continue reading…
An article I wrote a couple months ago was recently published in Lucid Magazine online. Here is the article, enjoy!
By David Pillen
We’ve most likely all heard it before. The story about the young rich man and how…
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” – (Mark 10:21)
Now, for this guy, this sucks. Within his own perception, he fell into an immense sorrow because he was a person of great wealth. The story goes on as… Continue reading…
Awhile back I read this letter written by Christian author Shane Claiborne titled, “What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?”
He starts the letter off by hitting us religious and holier than thou people upside the head by saying,
“To all my non-believing, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity. Forgive us. Forgive us for the embarrassing things we have done in the name of God. Continue reading…