But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan.

King Tirian to Jill in C. S. Lewis’ The Last Battle

merely human musings on [my] life “between the paws” — faith, yearnings, joys, ambiguities, friendship, and discovery within the Realm I live and long for.

so what?

This Sunday will be Pentecost Sunday completing the Christian trinity of “high holy days” - Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. Theologians continue to reflect on the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Pastors preach the power of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit, and the fruit of the Spirit. Today, I would like to suggest 4 “under-the-radar-so-what’s” that should be hallmarks of the Holy Spirit filled woman or man of God.

kingdom mission is church mission, church mission is kingdom mission, and there is no kingdom mission that is not church mission.

- Scott McKnight