This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Excommunciated-e1mh1nb “Excommunicate” is a word meaning “exclude from communion.” Ideally, excommunication would be used to eject harmful people from the church as a protective measure. Historically, it has been used for this and for other, less savory reasons. For example: let’s say you’re a powerful church leader…
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Navigating the Mirror Maze
This post appeared in the religion column of our local paper recently. You can also listen to it as a podcast here: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Navigating-the-Mirror-Maze-e1m7hu4 Human experience is a bit like a funhouse mirror-maze: I’m trying to find my way while surrounded by my reflection. Every one of my images is a wall. None can offer me…
The Command within Us
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/The-Command-within-Us-e1m3fn1 *** “You must carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your fathers” (Deut. 8:1). In a previous post, I said the history of Israel…
The Insanity of God—Part Two
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/The-Insanity-of-God-e1lmr3e *** In my last post, I talked about The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken. Nik ends the book by talking about lessons learned from years of interviewing persecuted Christians. He makes some statements that are provocative but important for people to hear, especially in places…
The Insanity of God—Part One
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/The-Insanity-of-God-e1lmr3e *** I recently finished reading The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected by Nik Ripken. Ripken describes how the Lord called him to Himself and into missions. I loved Ripken’s description of how the Lord called him. While working one night, Ripken heard…
Break Time!
There is a lot going on in my life this week, so I am taking a blogging break. Please enjoy past posts, look through the booklets on my blog, or check out some of the blogs I follow (listed at the bottom of the page). If you haven’t already, check out my poetry blog, A…
I Wanna Be Close to You, God
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/I-Wanna-Be-Close-to-You–God-e1kp5lq *** Years ago, I was listening to the radio at work when a song caught my attention. The artist was simply but beautifully singing about wanting to be close to God. Even more surprising, it wasn’t a Christian radio station. I finished listening to the song,…
No Mercy, No Treaty
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/No-Mercy–No-Treaty-e1khe24 *** In Deuteronomy, the Lord talks with Israel about driving out the inhabitants of the land He has promised them. He describes the inhabitants as “seven nations stronger and more numerous” but tells Israel to remember what He did to Egypt (Deut. 7:1, 17-18). Based on…
Sabbath
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Sabbath-e1k2hr6 Sabbath This is what I would do— if Mammon’s pointing shadow didn’t turn the world into a sundial— I would wake when I woke. I would read in the morning shadows, making room for a cat between my blanketed knees. I would get up when I…
ALL and in All
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/ALL-and-in-All-e1jpu94 *** As I opened my Bible to study the other day, a thought/prayer went through my mind that often does when I read scripture: This is all for nothing if I am not changed. This is truly how I feel. If Christ doesn’t increase in me, if…
The Voice of One 