Vision Revision Decision

 OK, so we talked about gender identity.  But that’s not our final identity.  There is something more basic and that is being an image of God.  When we operate from that premise, every human being takes on a significance beyond their nationality, ethnicity, gender and cultural identities that pale in comparison.  We revise what we see.  Every human being is an image of God.  What a thought.…

The Tender Gender Mender

Who told you who and what you are?  Who or what gave them the right?  What goes on inside us that determines the identity we want others to see whenever we are with them?  Take gender issues for instance.  Suppose we have someone in our family or among friends having doubts about who they are as men and women?  How do we react to people who make astounding claims about what they…

The Nitty-Gritty 

From last time may this be quoted, “If we are hurt by someone, what do we remember first, the pain or the appearance of the one who hurt us?  Don’t we tend to see others with the same appearance as the enemy?  Judgment and its spiritual decline.   It’s not just limited to appearance (they’re all like that) but more subtle within.  It can be social standing (envy?), accomplishment (jealousy?), insult…