Jonah, Ruth and My Personal Journey
It has been a while since I have felt compelled to write in length beyond my brief morning Facebook posts. Frankly, I have been too...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 31, 20175 min
Between Two Thieves
I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted on my blog. As well, how the thought of “two thieves” continues to incubate in...
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Brandon Billings
May 30, 20173 min
Shock and Awe
Matthews’ account of John the Baptist struck a chord with me this a.m. given the recent loss of an admired believer, though somewhat...
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Brandon Billings
Apr 23, 20173 min
Astonishment
Most of my mornings begin with an earlier than expected awakening; this morning around 3:00. When I slip into my bedroom shoes, Coach...
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Brandon Billings
Apr 8, 20175 min
A Fourth Man
These last couple of weeks has been quite involved at several levels, within my business, my community engagement and also my family. ...
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Brandon Billings
Mar 27, 20172 min
Getting to NO
I was unable to escape a pastor’s message on Sunday regarding the great “NO” faced by our Lord in Gethsemane, a place more and more...
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Brandon Billings
Mar 22, 20172 min
Religion and Love
I guess, with the political clamor in our nation and in fact around the globe, and the divisive religious conversations now occurring,...
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Brandon Billings
Dec 17, 20164 min
Not Even a Wayfaring Fool!
Here I sit, once more struggling with transparency, as with wonder, I reenter my annual read through of the Word! Now endowed with...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 28, 20163 min
New Life and True Intimacy
As my wife and I were discussion just yesterday, everyone has a faith journey and a story needing to be told, but unfortunately few write...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 26, 20163 min
A Manger Moment
Life experience is the tool of the Teacher; capturing what the Teacher says is the skill that daily begs of me and thus the joy of...
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Brandon Billings
Oct 7, 20162 min
Erosion
This morning, as I opened Richard Rohr’s newest book, The Divine Dance, I found myself in a moment of introspection. In just a few...
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Brandon Billings
Oct 1, 20163 min
“Both/And”
I can remember the first time I heard the phrase “Both/And” in a religious setting. I was huddled among moderate Baptists with whom I...
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Brandon Billings
Sep 13, 20162 min
The Sheep Pen
Occasionally in my read through scriptures, a phrase will leap out at me and remain present throughout the rest of my reading, almost a...
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Brandon Billings
May 25, 20162 min
Speaking in Tongues
This morning as things seem to be planing out somewhat, I picked up one of my wife’s devotionals from Max Lucado, “On Cavary’s Hill.” I...
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Brandon Billings
May 12, 20162 min
Ideologies
My Facebook page serves as a sample of the global community in which I live. I have carefully maintained a broad spectrum of “friends”-...
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Brandon Billings
May 5, 20164 min
Consent vs. Control
Its been a while since I have felt compelled to post my thoughts. Perhaps it was the wonderful anticipation of a new granddaughter,...
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Brandon Billings
Feb 29, 20163 min
Confessions
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish...
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Brandon Billings
Feb 18, 20163 min
Reincarnation
I am certain that the title of this post caught the attention of my evangelical Christian friends, though that was not my intention. The...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 18, 20166 min
Hero Worship and MLK,Jr. Day
I still have a knot in my throat and a certain sorrow in my heart after a weekend with Martin Luther King, Jr. Actually it was a couple...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 9, 20163 min
Leaving Well Enough Alone
As I continue my lifelong journey of taking scripture by the throat, choking every ounce of truth from it, I run the risk of drawing ire...
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