People pleasing puts sand in my gas tank
“Look at your life and see how you have filled its emptiness with people. As a result they have a strangle hold on you. See how they control your behavior by their approval and disapproval. They hold the power to ease your loneliness with their company, to send your spirits soaring with their praise, to [...]
1 hour of prayer
“In one single quiet hour of prayer the soul will often make more progress than in days of company with others. It is in the desert that the eye gets the clearest, simplest view of eternal certainties; it is in His presence alone, it is then that the soul gathers in wondrous refreshment and power [...]
Hating & Loving God
“If we love God for something less than Himself, we cherish a desire that can fail us. We run the risk of hating Him if we do not get what we hope for.”—Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
The quote above pierces to the center of love. Love for who another is. Love for the [...]
The good of every good
What would God look like if I could see Him? My peanut sized brain cannot fathom. Augustine conceives of God as the good of every good thing we can see. A shattering and beautiful thought. God is the good behind my 10 month old’s smile? God is the good behind every good. Every time we [...]
Slap me
Proverbs 27:6 “The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.”
Who are my friends? According to this Proverb, my friends are the ones willing to slap me. Where does this happen in our culture of niceness? How and why does it seem that [...]
How Byzantine Maximus the Confessor thinks of Christ
Byzantine Maximus the Confessor (580-662), (BTW what a name!) interprets the mind of Christ in 1 Corinthians 2:16 as the basis for discerning reality.
“The mind of Christ which the saints receive according to the saying, “We have the mind of Christ,” comes along not by any loss of our mental power, nor as a supplementary [...]
The lostness of Louisville
I am reading The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Henri Nouwen. Based on the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), he examines the lostness of both the wayward son and the elder brother. It seems you can be just as lost in disobedience as well as obedience. The rebellion of the disobedient son [...]
Learning how to preach or do anything else for that matter…
I learned how to drive a clutch one summer working on a construction site. The foreman asked me to haul a load of gravel to another site. He asked me “Can you drive stick?” . I replied “No”. He then tossed me the truck keys and said “Learn”. Shortly thereafter I stalled out on [...]
Jesus arrested by saints?
“Having spent time around ’sinners’ and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he preferred their company. Because the sinners were honest about themselves and had no pretense, Jesus could deal with them. In contrast, the saints put on airs, judged him, [...]
TODAY
“In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there will never be another just like it again. Today is the point to which all your yesterdays have been leading since the hour of your birth. It is the point from [...]
Fellowship Worship Times
Sundays 10:00am
11001 Bluegrass Pkwy., Suite 150
Louisville, KY 40222
“ Fellowship Church of Louisville exists to cultivate an authentic Christian community committed to making followers of Jesus Christ through the proclamation and demonstration of God’s love. ”
