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14
FEB
2019

The Bark Barks Back

Several years ago I wrote a piece titled “Life in the Bark” in which I presented the idea that if we concentrate on the life of the Spirit in a fellowship, that life of the Spirit will shape the organization (bark) in which it flourishes.  Here is a quote from that reflectio...
27
JUL
2018

Space for People

We lived in Washington, D. C. for fourteen years.  We loved being with the companions in faith who were part of our lives.  We were grateful for the opportunity to connect with people from all over the world who were in D.C. as part of their professional concerns or who came for...
12
JUL
2017

Jesus Christ in Every Culture

       Jesus Christ in Every Culture                                     Acts 10:1-48   Many have observed that the message of Jesus Christ becomes limited in its appeal because we attach national, religious, theological and institutional cultures to the message of Jesus. ...
17
JUN
2017

Binding us Together

We see what we choose to see.  I can look at the world in which I live and see the distrust and disunity that seems to plague the best efforts of men and women to create organizations and groups that function to help people.  This is a theme that is often played in the muted...
13
APR
2017

Cure and Care

One of the difficulties in trying to be helpful to others lies in the complexity of our motives. We genuinely desire to help people. Often, however, we want our help to produce changes for the better in the people being helped.  On a national level this is seen in our policies...
14
MAY
2014

Friendship

Kay and I have spent most of our lives reading about, thinking about, and experiencing friendship in many different ways. Those ideas show up in the following pages because they have given us insights into relationships with the people God has made special to us. This reflection...
15
DEC
2013

Possible Inhibitors of our fellowships

The first weekend of December Kay and I presented ideas in this piece to friends at the Mt Hermon annual retreat. We later had opportunity to discuss the ideas in depth with several good companions in the Northwest. The following is the original paper we presented with several...
17
JUL
2013

Learning from Anger

LEARNING FROM ANGER              About twenty years ago Kay and I were driving along and I asked a question that got an answer I had not expected.  We had just been with a friend who was struggling with anger that was harmful to him and to those close to him.  Musingly I asked...
17
JUL
2013

Community and Intimacy

Community and Intimacy  “There has been a great growth of group movements in modern days.  They are attempts to put back into the church the koinonia, the fellowship of the Acts.  I used to think that the church was born out of Pentecost, but the church is not named until the...
17
DEC
2011

A Reflection on Loss

My laptop died – and also some companions on my journey with Jesus. The death of a laptop is inconvenient but with a small amount of money and more patience than I possess one can move on without a large sense of loss.  Roy Thompson lost his son over a decade ago.  He said you...
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About Kent Hotaling

Kent HotalingFor over 50 years I have been a follower of Jesus – some of the time in ways that pleased him and other times so poorly it neither pleased him, me, or others. However, I have stayed on the journey because…

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