My pastor Steve Wells has been going through the story of Joseph in Genesis, his series of sermons revolve around the idea of, “God’s dream for your life,” and how that can often times put you in conflict with yourself, your family, and the world around you. Last week Steve preached on how Joseph suffered…
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Brad Ellison – Zen Baptist, Writing Mentor, and Chosen Brother
This is Brad Ellison – Yeah. Drink up all that ferocity for a minute. Don’t worry if you feel like he’s kicking your courage in the teeth, it’s okay, that’s the normal mammalian reaction to such a predatory visage. Take comfort in this, dear friends: The first time I met Brad was at the Karaoke…
A Multitude of Infirmities, Part II: The Poison of Loneliness
Part II: The Poison of Lonliness by C.S. Humble Hell is other people. – Jean-Paul Sartre “What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.” – T.S. Eliot One of the challenges of…
A Multitude of Infirmities, Part I – The Armor of Vainglory
Part I – The Armor of Vainglory by C.S. Humble “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ” ― Khalil Gibran If Wrath is the fruit of all my infirmities, then Pride is the root. Most people have a whole spectrum of emotions that they experience each…
Rev. Kevin Sinclair the Hospitaller
Since March the Twenty-Second, Two-Thousand and Fourteen, Anno Domini, I have been living with my friend: Reverend Kevin Ray Sinclair in Houston. My time in communal living with him is coming to an end on May 31st, even though I now live in Houston and will be able to see him, the bond that we…
The Man In My Basement
The Man In My Basement by C.S. Humble PREFACE – The human vessel has been compared to countless nouns and suggested to exist in even more states. Some of the analogies or beliefs are simple in phrase, yet titanic and revolutionary in concept. Plato told his philosopher brethren that the human soul was bicameral –…
Why Loving Homosexuals Means Letting Them Marry: A Christian Perspective
Originally published by THE GOOD MEN PROJECT on April 15, 2013 – Why Loving Homosexuals Means Letting Them Marry: A Christian Perspective by C.S. Humble We’ve forgotten love. And I am so sorry for it. I’m pained so deeply by these Christian statements on the social, spiritual, and ethical implications of allowing same-sex couples the…
Confession is Good for The Soul, Love is Better
By C.S. Humble This might just be me, but spiritually, I get lonely. There are times when I feel so empty that the only appropriate analogous descriptive noun would be ‘abyss’. Sometimes I feel like I’ve over complicated the gospel, other moments like I’ve simplified the eternal mystery of God so that I can have…
The Joyful Christian – Disciple Now 2014 Homily/Recap
The following is a sermon that I gave on Saturday, February 15th, 2014, to the South Main Baptist Church Youth group for the final session of their disciple now. It is part homily and part testimony, enjoy it if you have the time. Comments are welcome. – C.S. The Joyful Christian: Longing, Losing, and Living…