PASSAGE Is... Action

Click on the title to download this weeks installment in the Passage Is series.  This one is about action.  Scripture teaches us again and again that life with Jesus is an active life, not a passive one.  Often, those who seek and/or claim to follow Jesus seem to want to do life from a box seat instead of on the field.  

This next Sunday is the Super Bowl.  Arizona and Pittsburgh will meet on the field to decide who is the champion of XVIII.  What I've noticed is that a whole lot of people who WON'T be on that field are talking about this game and using the word "we".  You know,  "We're gonna win on Sunday."  "We're gonna destroy you guys."  "We're gonna bring the trophy home to Phoenix."

Now I'm as big a sports fan as the next guy, and I've talked about the Broncos or Sooners or Lobos and used the word "we" lots of times, too.  But the truth is, the only real we in the deal is the guys on the teams.

For those of us who love Jesus and want the life He has for us, the same thing is true. The only place this life really works is on the field.  Faith is not an academic exercise - it is a way of life.  And I've found that faith is a whole lot more real when it is lived than when it is studied.  What do you think? Give a listen and let us know.

Passage Is... Choice

This is the first posting in our series on what Passage Community Church is all about and where we are headed in 2009.  The whole series is based on 1 Samuel chapter 14 - a great story of a guy named Jonathan and how he takes on a whole army with one buddy and one sword.  It is also loosely based on a book called Chasing Daylight (formerly called Seizing Your Divine Moment) by one of my favorite pastor / authors - Erwin McManus.

Anyway, Passage Is... will cover several elements of what it looks like to walk with Jesus as a church body in Albuquerque NM in 2009.  I hope you'll join us for the trip, and I hope you'll enjoy hearing these thoughts.  Hit the title link to hear Passage Is...Choice.