Shammah Ministries
Dear Christian ~ have you heard there’s an APB out on the seven dwarfs of humanity? It’s kind of like those social media alerts that circulate up to five years after the fact. Unfortunately, these seven simply refuse to become an ‘after the fact.’ Still, God has a remedy. The seven dwarfs of humanity are […]
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Hello, dear Christian. I’ve wanted to properly introduce ourselves. Here, hold my Bible while I grab some nametags and labelists. Ok, I’m back. Did you know, dear Christian, that progressive was in the vocabulary of the early Church? Whether they formally used the term (somehow I doubteth it) or not, they lived out the meaning […]
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Time for a story, dear Christian, about love buckets and joy bombs. The moral of this story: never underestimate the creative power of the love of God – in your life or someone else’s. Many years ago I sat in a conference and listened to a story about God’s love bucket dumped on an unsuspecting […]
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It’s time to party again! Welcome to the “Wellspring” Ninth Anniversary & Birthday Edition. Join me in blowing some kazoos and losing balloons that float up to the cathedral ceiling! Though out of reach, balloons know how to hang around until they run out of hot air. Near or far, you’re welcome to hang a while […]
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Dreams full of spiritual meaning are not easily forgotten. Sometimes they are meant to be shared. Such is the case with sitting in mud puddles and propping up babies. Welcome back to another letter, dear Christian. Sitting in Mud Puddles It was now years ago, but I have never forgotten the dream I had of […]
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Is there a crack in your salvation foundation? There are foundational beliefs 1 as a follower of Christ that are to be held inalienable (absolute, immutable, indisputable). If they are not, you are positioned on a false footing that will ultimately crumble. Why? Because Jesus loves you too much to leave error intact while beneath you are […]
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Sometimes all you can do is a double-take when they respond with don’t say me ‘dat! So, welcome to more of Dear Christian. Straight out of our children’s lexicon of ‘the art and practice of becoming an independent toddler’, it came out as plain as day. There was no mistaking what they had just said; […]
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There’s a lot of talk these days about privilege. Dear Christian, it’s time to more fully get a grip on grace – the believer’s highest privilege God bestows. I’m especially fond of the Living Bible translation of Romans 5:2. Authored by Paul, no one knew better what it was to get a grip on grace! […]
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Can you remember a time when you felt loved like you were the only one? Welcome, dear reader, to a collection of letters entitled Dear Christian. ~ In the moments we spend together as each writing is released, it is my fervent hope that Christ’s love for you will infuse you through and through ~ […]
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Seated at my desk, I watch these very words appear on my computer screen. I love to write. But the words don’t magically appear by osmosis. Part of my more of what matters knows love is not blind. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading this. Those who cater to the old adage “love is […]
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