Making Sense of the Book of Revelation
Jeff Chacon November 21, 2020 Reading the book of Revelation feels like a wild ride through Universal Studios theme park in Orlando. It starts like the other New Testament letters with a description of Jesus and his message for the churches (chapters 1-3), then morphs into an awe-inspiring vision of God and Jesus on the […]
Higher Ground
Jeff Chacon November 12, 2020 As I write this Wednesday evening, Tropical Storm Eta is about a hundred miles southwest of Tampa and heading our way, with an ETA (pun alert) of tomorrow morning before it makes landfall. The storm already made landfall last week in Central America as a category 4 hurricane, then weakened […]
Whatever happens…
Jeff Chacon November 7, 2020 The presidential election is tomorrow. What are you feeling? Many are feeling anxious. “What if my candidate does not win?” Some are feeling angry already: “What if the votes are not counted properly? What if there’s foul play? What if the Russians or the Chinese interfere?” Others are feeling hopeless: […]
I get to grow
Jeff Chacon October 28, 2020 I used to think I was a loving person – and then I got married – and I realized how selfish I really am. It was a new season of life in which my current resources were insufficient to meet the new challenges of my life. And I had to […]
Hey, where’d you go?
Jeff Chacon October 21, 2020 I like to think of myself as a good listener. Frequently, I’ll get my wife a cup of coffee in the morning and we connect. We talk about the day and such. And then we go have our quiet times with the Lord. It’s a great way to start the […]
Keep swimming!
Jeff Chacon October 16, 2020 Have you ever gone to the beach, put your towel and stuff down on the sand, and gone out to swim and frolic in the water – only to come in and find that someone has stolen your stuff? At least that’s what you think, at first. Until you realize […]
Way too much fun at House Church
Jeff Chacon October 6, 2020 Steve was jumping around excitedly and talking a million miles an hour, his mask barely keeping up with his words-per-minute 🙂 Eileen was her usual calm and peaceful self – the perfect partner for Steve. Marousa rocked back in her chair with laughter as she told story after story that […]
Cut-off jeans at the golf club
Jeff Chacon October 2, 2020 Have you ever walked into a nice golf club wearing cut-off jeans? (I’m not talking about the designer kind, but the kind you took a pair of scissors to because you didn’t have shorts. I know, I know – it was a long time ago and I don’t do that […]
Mary Magdalene’s Song by Kim Pullen
Jeff Chacon September 28, 2020 I thought I’d become an expert on the human eye. I’d seen every look and glance and glare when people’d pass me by. They knew my occupation— a lady of the night. But I was not a victim. I chose to live this life. Eyes that cut, eyes that blame […]
Anchor for the soul
Jeff Chacon September 19, 2020 Irrelevant. Not helpful. Too far off. We hate to admit it – but isn’t that how we feel sometimes about Jesus’ second coming? We know we should be excited about it, look forward to, and live like we believe it – but sometimes the tears of pain, heartache and disappointment […]
