Unschooled Ordinary Men

The leaders of the First Century Church were "unschooled, ordinary men" whose only qualifications were that they "had been with Jesus".

The Church was filled with regular folk who were not "wise by human standards" or "influential", and few were of "noble birth".

But those who call on Jesus Christ are declared to be "a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation". Each one is considered to be a member of God's priesthood, a minister with a personal ministry to fulfill.

"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." (1 Peter. 4:10)

From my earlier blog post Simple Church, Simply Everywhere


Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)

Photo credit: Lumo Project, www.LumoProject.com

Golden Rule

"Reciprocity happens. Therefore, if we want to be treated fairly we first must be fair to others." This maxim from the Hippie Christian Manifesto is a distilled version of The Golden Rule. The Golden Rule is actually far more than reciprocity and most definitely it is not anything close to quid pro quo.

The Golden Rule is a call to a higher level of being in relationship with others. It calls us to treat others better than we get treated, no matter how we get treated. It is a call to put love into action, to act in loving ways without any expectation of being loved.

If we treat others better then hopefully we will create a better world. A world with less hate, greed and selfishness - a world with more love!

 Check out the complete manifesto here: The Hippie Christian Manifesto

Peace, Love and Light!

Kevin (Cloud)

Rock Mass 05-03-2020

Rock Mass on the first Sunday of the month.

Rock Mass for Sunday May 3, 2020

Peace, Love and Light!

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world gives it. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." ~Jesus

(John 14:27)

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

(1John 3:1)

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

(John 1:9)

Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)

The inspiration for creating "Rock Mass" came from the Rock Mass at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena California back in the early 1970’s. On the first Friday night of each month All Saints held a Rock Mass which was a mix of traditional Episcopalian Mass and rock concert. A live band would play popular rock music which couldn’t necessarily be called “Christian” but contained spiritual phrases and references to God or Jesus. During the 1960’s and early 1970’s there was an explosion of these songs coming out of the "secular" music industry way before there was “Contemporary Christian Music”, in a way, it could be called "The Gospel According To Billboard's Top 10".

(Stained glass guitar angel found at www.patheos.com/blogs/nadiabolzweber)

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