Day 3: Counting Down to the Christmas Revolution

"He is the image of the invisible God..." - Colossians 1:15 What is your "image" of God? Children think about this... Dear GOD, I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only four people in our family and I can never do it. - …

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Transparency and Truth-Telling

Colossians 3:9 - Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds. James 5:16 - Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. It had been a fairly ordinary retreat experience. The mountain setting made it easy to reflect …

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Bearing the Unbearable

Ephesians 4:2 …with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love... Colossians 3:13 …bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even …

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