Unified Messaging.....

   I work in Information Technology and part of my job is to look for ways to make the user experience easier and more productive.  Unified Messaging is a platform we are utilizing to help do this. Basically how it works is all your emails and voice mails come to one unified inbox (your email).  This way you have one place to handle everything without having to fool with multiple programs or processes to keep track of all your items.

    If you think about it Jesus is like a Unified Messaging inbox.  Everything you need to know about what's going on with your life and how to communicate is wrapped up in one beautiful package called Jesus.  He can instant message you, send you a reminder and much more.  Anything you need is available just by "clicking" on Jesus!  One of the core drivers of Unified Messaging is communication.  It's the same way in our Christian life.  If we don't communicate with our Lord we won't be very productive at all.

   The most important thing we can do as Christians is to communicate with Him and let him know all that is going on and ask Him for direction.  Apart from Jesus we can do nothing!(John 15:5)  We may think we are accomplishing a great deal but if it is not God's will that we are accomplishing then it is all for naught.   We should always check our Unified mailbox to see what the Lord has to say to us and  we should also never be afraid to send Him a message because I can guarantee you one thing, He ALWAYS checks his inbox and replies!

Wrong Brand?

Welcome to my Blog.  I hope you will find it interesting and informative. I will try at least 2 posts per week so be sure and check back.

  I recently read an article about a student at Eastern Michigan University who was expelled from a counseling program for her religious beliefs. Now at first glance I'm thinking she was so radically acting that they had no choice. EHHH Wrong!  They assigned her a case with a homosexual client seeking assistance regarding a sexual relationship which was contrary to her religious convictions. She asked that the case be turned over to someone else.

   Here's where it gets crazy.  EMU then informed Ward that she could only stay in the counseling program if she agreed to undergo a “remediation” program. Its purpose was to help her “see the error of her ways” and change her “belief system” as it relates to counseling about homosexual relationships. They hounded her asking her if.  At a subsequent formal review meeting, EMU faculty denigrated Ward’s Christian views and asked several rude questions about her religious beliefs. One EMU faculty member asked Ward whether she viewed her “brand” of Christianity as superior to that of other Christians, and another took Ward on what the faculty member called a “theological bout” designed to show her the error of her religious thinking. The faculty committee then expelled Ward from the counseling program.

  Color me crazy here but what exactly is her "brand" of Christianity?  If her brand is that the Bible explicitly states homosexuality is a sin then I guess she has the right brand.  Homosexuals are not to be persecuted in any way but if you are a true Bible believing Christian you have no choice but to say it is wrong.  Sodom and Gomorrah anyone?  The District Court ruled in favor of EMU so Ward's legal team took it to the Court of Appeals which In a strongly worded opinion, the court reversed the district court's decision that had been in favor of the university and sent the case back for trial, saying “a reasonable jury could conclude that Ward’s professors ejected her from the counseling program because of hostility toward her speech and faith….”

  People always say Christians are judgmental and close minded but when we express our opinions just like an atheist or others would theirs, we are taken to task for it. Kind of hypocritical wouldn't you say?  Thank God there's still a little sense left in this world.