The Roofless Church

Author: Higher Up IDEALS

  • Don’t Hate Me Because I Love You

    It has been my experience that when people do not love themselves, they will secretly hate the people that love them.  Seriously.  I’ve seen it and experienced it too many times for it to be a coincidence.  I’ve literally had people tell me that they hate me for loving them.  They essentially are saying, “Something…

  • Originally posted on The Roofless Church: Don’t Make Me Angry In Ephesians 4:26, 27 it says “‘Be angry, and do not sin’:do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.”  This is a verse that I have had to remind myself of more frequently in the past few…

  • Happiness Is Overrated

    Turn up the VOLUME on this one.  I recorded on low and since I don’t edit these you’ll have to put in some extra effort to hear it.  I figure the unintentional stuff is part of the message too so get out of it what you will. So, let’s start with a question: How many of you…

  • God–The Fulfillment of All Relationships

    Humans are notorious for trying to seek fulfillment in their interpersonal relationships.  However, in my experience with people, no relationship matches exactly what we expect from it and even if they did get close, the hard reality is that every relationship on earth is temporary.  And yet, there is something within us that has a…

  • If You Don’t Have My Back, Get Out of My Face

    So I was talking to my surrogate daughter the other day about life.  She was asking about why it is that we often get bothered when we see people doing the very things that we excuse ourselves for.  The conversation reminded me of a talk I had with my good friend, Jensen Yensen, which he…

  • Originally posted on The Roofless Church: I’m fat.  I’m skinny.  I’m pretty.  I’m ugly.  I’m in style. I’m out of style.  No one is looking at me.  Everyone is looking at me.  I’m special.  I’m just like everyone else. I’m popular.  I’m unpopular. And the list goes on and on. In fact, it’s been said…

  • God Is Beyond Belief

    It has been my experience that God is more than my thoughts and beliefs about God.  There was once a time where I thought that I did pretty much everything God wanted me to do.  I thought God would give me an “A” on my report card.  Then one day I hit a wall.  It…

  • Role Over and Die

    Have you ever found yourself falling into a role that you were so sure you had transcended?  Do you feel compelled to meet people under the circumstances that are comfortable to them rather than showing up as your “authentic self”?  Yes, the whole “authentic self” thing is starting to get cliche, but you know what…

  • Originally posted on Passion For Truths: In the many days of our lives, We are bound to be hurt by others. Hurt by their action, hurt by their stinging words. Deep can be the injury. Bitter our hearts can turn. But all the wise teachers and the compassionate gurus, Have taught us to avoid subjecting…

  • The Dots Are Not Connected

    What if there are no dots? What if there are no connections? What if All really is One and One really is All? What if there is only eternal being in Oneness and Jesus to the Chrizzity Chrizist knows what’s up and is calling us into that reality. John 17:20-23 (New King James Version) Jesus…