Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

“Consider our little friend here,” Papa began. “Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if...
Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

Not at the Mercy of an Angry God

If you open up Google or any search engine and type “sinners,” “in the hands of an angry God” pops up to complete that search line. Little did I know this was one of “the most famous sermons ever preached” and it is why many of us...
Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

Lost in the Mountains

When I was 12 years old, my youth group went on a picnic/Saturday night fun night in Julian Price Park, off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone, N.C.. While there, we decided that we would go on the trail and walk to the waterfall. The trail itself was 3 miles long, but...
Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

Consumed by “What Ifs”

Author Baxter Kruger tells a story of once when he was a student at Old Miss, he ran into Miss Mississippi. He knew her from several previous conversations, so when he literally bumped into her, he greeted her. It was around Homecoming, which was a big deal with an...
Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

Mic Drop: We’ve Got It Wrong

Saturday morning, after The Shack previewed in the theaters on Friday, a clergy friend of mine posted a comment asking people to stop “the hating” towards The Shack. Apparently, in his Facebook feed, folks were saying that people who let this influence...
Refusing to Live with Clipped Wings!

How Can True Love Be Blasphemy?

Many critics of The Shack say it is blasphemy! How can God first of all be portrayed as a woman, much less an African American woman? One reviewer said, “Young’s daring portrayal of the Trinity as ‘eccentric personalities with offbeat ways of...