Tag: Relationship with God

  • God Being a Parent

    GOD BEING A PARENT While I am not a parent, leaving me to look on with an over-view eye, I’m looking at God as a parent and his “born-again” brand new babies, in spirit, who mature in remarkably similar ways in relation to growth the first go ‘round, in the flesh. But we experience the…

  • The Fear of The Lord; part three

    REPENTANCE What is it like to live out the Fear of the Lord, post-repentance? Let’s recap: The first thing after the first encounter with God’s presence where the fear (felt as clarity of knowledge, freedom and strength to behave anyway that’s wanted, having the right to choose) approached in a way that convinced your waking…

  • The Fear of the Lord; part two

    MY STORY OF EXPERIENCING THE FEAR OF THE LORD, the first time: Before I dive in with all the many details, let me begin by introducing two equations of life that are fit for discernment: The kingdom life perpetuates and grows living things + all growth is rooted in joy = all experiences in the…

  • Discerning Your Calling

    He leaned forward, squeezing himself out from in between the other bodies piled into the back seat. His perfect black hair poked between the driver and myself. “Shelly, what brings you to ReVoice? Why LGBTQ+ ministry?” It was a carload of coworkers, truly a motley crew of campus ministers from all over the United States,…

  • “A Living Thing”

    God said to me, “Did you know I’m not fixing things?” And, he brought Jesus to mind, saying it’s all fixed. Then he added, “I’m really more growing things.” We’ve been talking about worship as the soil for the fruit of the spirit. Then he asked if I would draw a living thing, as an…