We can approach Him. To do so is to be rescued from the typical and baptized into the extraordinary. We can come boldly because He replaced the burden of our shame with…
Category: sermon readings
This is the Hard Part
We have more ways to hear God’s Word than any generation before us. Me? I have three Bible apps, several audio bibles, and e-bibles on my phone. That phone also…
Father Forgive Them
https://soundcloud.com/mtullos/forgive-them-1 This is the first episode of seven on "A Scattered Feast" Season three. ____ I fell headlong into the chasm of my willful atrocities.Some subtle and slight. Under the…
Life is a Scattered Feast
He leads me each day,
(Provider God)
He created me needy,
and messy.
i see
beauty and brokenness,
abandonment and acceptance,
hope and dread,
mourning and dancing,
weeping and laughter,
death and resurrection,
blooming and wilting,
wonder and monotony,
smiling and wincing,
emptiness and abundance,
darkness and illumination,
saying and silence,
complexity and simplicity,
embracing and boxing,
torment and ecstasy,
wandering and epiphany,
sudden moment and long advent,
and everything in between—
day by day.
This is the table He prepares before me, temporary, ephemeral, and moveable
though it may be. The meal is sure. The menu is unknown.
i am a dependent of God.
and life is a scattered feast.
It’s Friday
It's Friday and He's there... Suffering unimaginable traumas. He is deserted by fearful disciples, surrounded by tormentors, thieves, murderers, and religious provocateurs. Soldiers gaming over the final scant possessions of…
What Kind of Church is It?
We often categorize our churches with fancy titles: Relevant, emergent, classic, reformed, fundamentalist, traditional, contemporary, liturgical, purpose-driven etc… The list is really endless and the subtleties of each model vary.…
A Word of Advice from Jesus’ Mother
There are many universal sayings that all mothers end up reciting at least once if not a thousand times. Wash your hands before eating. Play fair. Don't follow the crowd.…
It is Friday
Jesus remains on the cross, suffering unimaginable traumas. He is deserted by fearful disciples, surrounded by tormentors, thieves, murderers, and religious provocateurs. Soldiers gaming over the final scant possessions of…
He Forgives Them All
The tone of religion, more often than not, rings as a dirge of condemnation. We see the old crooked finger of legalism and malicious apologetics steadily pointing into the mass…
Grace and Recompense
This Fire of Love unquenched by Eden's wreck and flowing seemingly in perpetuity toward all that soon will be in all its violent beauty He shall hold all hell's poison…