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Good morning!
I pondered a questions this morning that I know God is constantly pondering as well. What if we Wildly Sowed?

Much love!
Gary

What If We Wildly Sowed? — One Direction Community Last night at our house church gathering that was hosted in the home of a sweet 84 year old widow who opened her heart and home to us, we read the Parable of The Sower together in Mark 4:1-20 and we reflected and discussed on “Sowing.” As I read the passage one more time this morning, I reflecte...

Good morning!
Sometimes even a hardening of heart is God's grace to us, waiting of the right time for it to take root and bloom.

Much love!
Gary

"Life Giving Seeds From A Stump" — One Direction Community The Holy Spirit led me to re-read this morning again and the Parable of the Sower found in Mark 4:1-20 and to continue self reflecting on the extravagant sowing of God. The extravagant sowing of God is at the core my Wesleyan understanding Christianity and of God’s grace, election and salvation th...

Good morning!
This morning I continue reflecting on the amazing Parable of the Sower found in Mark: 1-20.

Much love!
Gary

"Your Soil does Not Define You!" — One Direction Community This parable in Mark 4:1-20 has never been called the parable of the soils.  It is of the sower. It is a parable about the sower.  God is sowing his seed into the world. His sowing was behind all the past saints and behind the present and future saints of you and me.  His

Good Monday morning!

I took a spiritual snap shot of your heart right now, a spiritual photo, at this moment perhaps your heart is hardened now on some point or another. Or you may have a rocky heart, or a thorny, choking heart now, or a good heart now. We have a God who sows into them all!

Much love!
Gary

"Extravagant Sower" — One Direction Community Good morning Jesus, I begin my day opening my heart to allow you to pour your blood of the love, grace and mercy into my life. “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, a...

Good morning!

It seems like this summer there has been one storm after another! Your life might feel that ways as well. You are not alone.

Much love!
Gary

"Miracle In The Storms of Life" — One Direction Community Good morning Jesus, I seek you to guide me through my week ahead. This morning I read through Mark chapter 4. "A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him up and said t

Good Monday Morning!
This morning I continue in reading Mark Chapter 3 and the story of Jesus calling to Him those that he wanted.

Much love!
Gary

"Jesus Called Those He Wanted" — One Direction Community Good morning, Lord Jesus. I want to start my day in the center of Your will and surrounded by Your presence--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.   "Whenever the unclean spirits saw (Jesus), they fell down before Him and shouted, 'You are the Son of God!' ... He went up the mountain a

Good Friday morning!

Time flies! Hard to believe as my Facebook memory reminded me this morning that it was 9 years ago today that I posted this reflection blog I am reposting this morning. I still hang out in this Waffle House almost every morning and I have been doing so for 13 years now. It has allowed me to share my faith not from a distance behind a pulpit or an altar, but at te low bar or in a booth by personally sharing in the life. I have learned so much about God, myself and people from my conversations there.

He's My F*cking Pastor! — One Direction Community Time flies!  Hard to believe as my Facebook memory reminded me this morning that it was 9 years ago today that I posted this reflection blog I am reposting this morning.  I still hang out in this Waffle House almost every morning and I have been doing so for 13 years now. It has al

Good morning!
Some days God leads you to people and places to both listen and love them, but also adjust and correct your perspective on life.

Much love!
Gary

"My Marriage Was Not What I Signed Up For" — One Direction Community Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart to align my steps with Your path for my life.  I went to the Waffle House to meet a person who wanted to talk but they did not show up.  So I sat at the bar next to a senior-aged man who is a regu

Good morning!
Things are changing, there are new attitudes, beliefs, ways of life. What about in the church?

Much love!
Gary

"Old School Church" — One Direction Community I was in the Waffle House this morning sitting at the low bar talking with waitresses, cooks and customers. I was wearing a “One Direction Community” T shirt. One of the customers asked me where my church was located. When I told them my living room, they gave me a weird look. He said to me, “...

Good morning!

I saw the news and I was saddened by the lack of compassion and lack of humanity for the least of these.

Much love!
Gary

"What The F#ck Are We Doing?" — One Direction Community “And the king will answer them, ʻI tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.” (Matthew 25:40) Yesterday, heard the news that after reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate U.S. government agencies...