Every time I go to the dentist the hygienist yells at me for not flossing.  I can’t say anything because she usually has three hands in my mouth along with an assortment of utensils.  All I can do is stare up at her and try to indicate with my eyes that I’m truly sorry and […]

Everyone is on a mission.  Jesus wants us to join his.  Before coming to Jesus, my mission was “me” (to be honest, for a long time afterwords too!).  Comfort, money, status, coolness, freedom from hassles, acceptance, you name it, we go after it…  even those of us who claim to be and truly are followers […]

Following Christ is more about the heart than I have often realized.  I’m not talking about the physical organ pumping in the chest, I’m talking about the spiritual “organ” described in the Bible as our will, the receiver of our thoughts, emotions, physical impulses and the part of us that leads us.  When God chose […]

In defining the purpose of Opiso we acknowledge a tension that exists in the spiritual growth process: “Rock solid truths are in the Scriptures, but people need time, space and a process to integrate them into their lives.”  A seeker/new believer recently shared with me how someone had trespassed the “need time, space and […]