Chris Yaw

Welcome! I’m an Episcopal priest serving a congregation in Metro Detroit... With a passion for gun safety... A zest for online Christian formation... A zeal for video blogging... A budding writer... A heart for those who have unintentionally harmed... A commitment to workforce housing... A love for marrying people... And a wonderful wife, three kids, and a cat... If we have common interests or not, I'd love to connect with you.

Hello Blind People!

Hello fellow blind people!

Isn't that what life is all about, realizing there are things we are not seeing?

And opening our eyes to the realities around us, about who we are, who God is, who our neighbors are and what our responsibilities might be?

Did you ever notice that Jesus healed at least six people of blindness throughout the four gospels, making it one of the most common occasions of healing he performed?

He did it for them, and for us!

He knew that healing the world begins with opening our eyes! It's realizing that the goodness that's in your heart, your generosity, your kindness, your love!

And once we can see how truly irreplaceable and invaluable, we are, to have our eyes open to the suffering and vulnerable around us!

God is still trying to heal our blindness, what is it we need to see? And what Do we need to do about it?

Jesus at the Hookah Lounge

One day Jesus was relaxing at the hookah lounge when his best friends, James and John, went hunting for a promotion.

Having traded their fishing nets for clerical collars, they had grown fond of their new life as preachers, after all, you only work once a week, and the lucky ones get private jets and designer sneakers.

"We want to be your new vice presidents!", declared the two, "The boys from McKinsey forecast incredible growth for this Christianity thing, and we've had plenty of experience running a fishing conglomerate, you could really use us!"

"Not so fast," said Jesus, putting down his hookah pipe, "I don't think you guys really get this!"

"To grow this baby, you have to be like a pelican, who will peck itself in the chest to feed its own blood to its babies!"

James and John exchanged awkward glances, at the gross analogy.

But they knew the Mckinsey data was dope!

So they said, "Ya, we're down with that!"

"Great!," said Jesus, "Take another hit from this pipe, you're going to need it!"

Because they had a lot of learning to do. Successful organizations are not built around selfish people. You need to put the team, the vision, the dream, at the center.

Brothers and sisters, help others, co-workers, bosses, yes, the organization. Put the goal and vision first. Work hard to see those around you excell. And then don't be surprised to see it come back to you in some impressive ways.

Why do Christians bless marriages?

Why does God care if you marry somebody or not?

It boils down to human happiness, and the scientific conclusion that the happiest moments of our lives involve relationships.

Research says, and our own experience concludes, that there's nothing that brings us more joy than the friendship, nurture, and love we find in and with other people.

And when we find our person: we find the more we invest in them, the more our happiness grows.

At one point Jesus quoted the Book of Genesis and this idea of two becoming one flesh, which suggests an Apex of Union and an apex of happiness!

This is why divorce, for most people, is so devastating!

In the beginning, for most, there were high hopes, big dreams, that just didn't work out.

It's why the brokenness that many divorced people have, or continue to feel can be so traumatic,

And this is why Jesus, and Christians, have always urged caution before breaking up.

Jesus said I came to bring you life and life more abundantly, Christians bless marriages because God wants to make us happy, as the psalmist says, God rejoices in the joy of God's children.

God is invested in our deepest relationships, let's invest in them as well!

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