Rum and Cola for the Soul

Jesus said the Centurion in Luke 7 had great faith. Why? The answer gives me hope for my shame-filled past.

Shame led me to judge others harshly. I was hypocritical because I felt anger towards God. Luckily, I am growing in my acceptance of others as I learn how much God accepts me. Even while I'm still a mess!

This is the story of a woman's struggle to forgive her mother and many others after years of being abused. Her story is an example I'm trying to live up to as I learn more about what Jesus actually taught us about loving our enemies.

Jesus never referred to blessings as living an American life of ease. He talked about being blessed in the middle of struggles. Turns out, there really is a lot of joy to be found in being real about our struggles.

Much of church in America is about burdensome service to one person's vision. That was never Jesus' intention

Religion judges people as unclean and clean. Jesus accepts people and gives them the chance to actually become better as they follow him.

I hurt a lot of people during the time I followed Jesus from a distance. When I began to understand his freak-out worthy acceptance of me, it changed everything!

In this chapter, I talk about confronting the things about us we don't want to admit to, having peace and hope in it all because we are deeply loved by God.

In this chapter I talk about how the story of Mary should give hope to all survivors because it shows how much God cares about all of us.

In this chapter, I share the cultural background of Luke and his audience. They had doubts because of what they had seen from religion just like we do.