Our bodies are professors of truth and life. There is much we can learn philosophically, theologically, ecologically,and poetically from the human body. he body is made up of multiple systems, but no system can be compartmentalized in complete isolation.… Continue reading

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Pride can be pretty destructive to our perspective, especially when it leads us into complacency and superiority. When we travel the road of self-righteous blindness, we forget what righteousness is. We  sugar coat our failures. We gloss over our sins.… Continue reading

  Here are some loose reflections from the pits. You might be in a pit "Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close…" – Psalm 69:15 ESV "But when I thought… Continue reading

Like many of you, I value work. I like to work. I enjoy the results of my work. I put my heart and soul into my work. I see God at work in my work. I want to keep working… Continue reading

  In light of the fury of God, the mighty and sweeping holiness of God's brilliance, the angry wrath of all that defies truth and righteousness, the intense unwillingness of God to allow anything to remain out of balance, we… Continue reading

"Have mercy upon me, Oh God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions." (Ps. 51:1, KJV)   Oh Lord, God, Yahweh, Abba, I am, but dust, and to dust I shall… Continue reading

4141 Ministries and the Fellowship of Joy invites you to join us here for a time of worship. If you cannot join us in Fresno at 9:00 AM, please join us on this page as we share scripture and song together.… Continue reading

I am probably what she calls an "ambivert." I switch between the extremes. But this is a powerful word to us. She nudges us to let people live and create outside the tight boxes we build for people. I love… Continue reading

  In times of decline, we seek the Divine Incline.Perceived or received, something declines for us,And lofty edifices of our pride sink low. Yet we …The "we" that is truly "us …"Shall not decline His inclination toward restoration.Poor and needy… Continue reading