by Craig McCourt | beggars journey, GodPonders
If you are like me you have those times on Sunday morning in worship where you are convinced the sermon was written and delivered just for you. I also have those moments often when reading Scripture that it is written for the very day and place I find myself in. I...
by Craig McCourt | beggars journey
We are currently in one of those seasons of life that we hope will not come but we plan as if it will. It’s that time when the money coming in is less than the money going out. We also know this is not a long season, or so we pray. Yet in the midst of it I am...
by Craig McCourt | beggars journey, GodPonders
I know what some of you are thinking. It seems like an oxymoron to say “Unremarkable Miracle” but i am convinced that Mark was recording just such a miracle in His Gospel. Chapter eight begins with the “Feeding of the Four Thousand,” listen to...
by Craig McCourt | beggars journey, GodPonders
These days there are many questions running through my mind. Questions about what I want to do when I grow up. As I have sought the counsel of the Spirit, and the counsel of trusted brothers and sisters in Christ, and the counsel of my family, I feel more and more...
by Craig McCourt | beggars journey, GodPonders, Ideas
Many years ago I received a Disciples Cross, from a co-worker. It was made out of four nails and wrapped in colorful wire. I have been wearing one ever since. Over the years I have had the joy of many people commenting on my cross. I began a few years ago to carry one...
by Craig McCourt | beggars journey, GodPonders
There are a lot of things in the Bible that amaze me: prophetic writings hundreds and thousands of years removed that take place with amazing detail, questions of the religious leaders though out Scripture, and the short term memory of God’s people which never...