Real Life Christianity with Deacon John Lozano

Don't start what you can't finish

"Checking out" or "Stepping back" How strong and often is the desire to do this with following God? Especially when you do not feel God's presence?

Only those we love can truly hurt us

Jesus loved Judas, in doing so he allowed his heart to suffer because he allowed himself to love. The suffering of the human heart is the deepest of all sufferings.

Seeing beyond what is before us

A reading to the early Christians who faced deadly persecution. This community, with God in them, found themselves doing infinitely more than they or we could imagine. 

 

 

 

A man born blind... much like us!

Deacon John gives us a practical guide to gaining spiritual sight. 

"Jesus you're insulting us"

Jesus is not always nice. Some portraits of Jesus have him with fair skin, shampooed hair and an emotionless expression. But in the gospels at times he is insulting, particularly against religious leaders. 

At every moment there is something more at work

There are healthy and unhealthy expectations. The Christian life calls us to a healthy and practical expectation of things that are coming to us all whether we want them to or not. 

Good things and challenging things come to us. God's love and grace comes to us. It is best to be found awake, rather than asleep, when it all comes. 

Playing mind games with God

In this story, religious scholars test Jesus, try to out think him, trap him and play mind games with him.  

The God that stays up all night

God waits, chooses, and calls people to himself. Often, unremarkable people are chosen. These people are the actual building materials of his kingdom. Who are they? 

Interview: Who is Deacon John? (Part 1)

Join Lou Tilley as we get a personal look at Deacon John's faith and life.

The church does not have a mission...

A day in the life of Jesus... The people try to "keep" Jesus and why this can not work.