Note, Christmas Cards – Monday Messy Office Report – 10/27/2014

After a few months off, it’s back!  The Monday Messy Office Report.  It’s not that my has been clean all this time.  I’ve been busy or lacked the motivation to write.  Part of me doesn’t want to start back up again, so I’m compromising with myself and keeping it short.  Here’s what I found inContinue reading “Note, Christmas Cards – Monday Messy Office Report – 10/27/2014”

Encouragement Note, PLACE books, CPYU Stuff – The Monday Messy Office Report – April 7, 2014

My Friday tidy office is mysteriously messy by Monday.  Here’s what I found today: 1. Encouragement note – It is simple, but very meaningful “Joel, Hope you have a great week!”  From, anonymous.  Isn’t that cool?  Someone placed that on my desk.  For as long as I can remember we keep encouragement note sheets onContinue reading “Encouragement Note, PLACE books, CPYU Stuff – The Monday Messy Office Report – April 7, 2014”

On being in Christ – 1 Corinthians 1:4-9

As Paul gets set to start confronting the Corinthians for their less-than-holy behavior, he starts off with a couple reminders that frame the context.  First, what we studied in 1 Cor 1:1-3, that in Christ they are holy and called to be holy.  Second, yesterday’s passage 1 Cor 1:4-9,  a very encouraging section.  I thinkContinue reading “On being in Christ – 1 Corinthians 1:4-9”