gracexchange

In Solidarity with Jesus and His Mission

Sunrise – St. Elena Canyon – Rio Grande – Big Bend National Park

  • Forgive Me for Revealing Her Age….but KJV is 400 Years Old

    An excerpt from a NY Times article: Sometime in 1611, a new English Bible was published. It was the work of an almost impossibly learned team of men laboring since 1604 under royal mandate. Their purpose, they wrote, was not to make a new translation of the Bible but “to make a good one better, Read more

  • Invitations from God

    What are the deepest invitations God is making to me right now for my life? This question is what making resolutions is really about. In my journey it is becoming increasingly clear that I have missed so many invitations God sent me through his Word and Church and Community.  So the entry into a new Read more

  • Christmas 2010

    Tonight – The Holy Night – people will gather to usher in the newest installment in God’s salvation.  In my neck of the woods, this installment will be wrapped in the usual trappings of the season – tree, lights, presents, worship, and FOOD!  Yet there is a shroud over all these things that are supposed Read more

  • Time for an Xchange – the same old won’t do anymore!

    Welcome to A New Blog on an old theme – Reconciliation! Biblical in scope and command, but so forgotten in the realm of reality – family, work, politics. Reconciliation is simply a path to exchanging one state of being for another, more fruitful state of being – particularly in relationship with our environment and one Read more

Tag: Salvation

  • Essence of Christianity

    The Essence of Christianity is…Faith ‘Quid pro quo’ – latin for ‘this for that’ – is the law of the land these days.  If I do something, I am owed a reward or some affirmation of favor.  Or more like, give me money and I will do what I can for you.   Consider these

    Continue reading

  • Water in the Desert

    And so it goes…life on this planet is not possible without water. Same goes for external life. Baptism IS necessary for salvation. Water events, both in scarcity and abundance, require action and an enormous amount of reflection. It’s ironic that water is also reflective by nature and thus demands our attention; much like the human

    Continue reading