Steve Bremner | Just Your Average Revolutionary

An Excerpt from Heartstone by Tim Young

Steve Bremner — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:17:37 +0000

There is an incredible, deep intimacy that we can have with our Heavenly Father that is indescribable, but we somehow convince ourselves that He is holding out on us or that there is something better, and we conform to the darkness and patterns of this lost and broken world. We become tangled up in all our own cares, which becomes such a lonely affair; we close our eyes and let everything good and true pass by; and we become more and more numb. We seem to always stumble on this journey of life because [Continue reading...]

P.O.D. “Beautiful” (Official Music Video)

Steve Bremner — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:29 +0000

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As some of you know, I’m a huge P.O.D. fan, and they’ve released another music video today.

Life is beautiful, and we want to see where you’re finding beauty in your lives! We’ll be compiling your photos to create a fan video in a few weeks too, so submit a photo to get in the video!

That’s Right, I Am an Author — And So Are You!

Steve Bremner — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:23:43 +0000

Sunday morning after our home church service, Shaun approached me and asked if I could help the person he was evidently talking to. He was talking to a middle-aged woman along with a young woman I presumed to be her daughter or a close relative of some kind. It was quickly explained to me that this woman, a neighbour of ours I'm not sure I had ever seen come to any of our meetings before, had a son who needed help with his English homework. I wasn't sure if this meant "Since you speak English, [Continue reading...]

When Mission Isn’t As Sexy As You Thought It Would Be

Steve Bremner — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:09:22 +0000

Last Friday in our leaders huddle, our team leader Mark Burgess said something in passing that I've been giving thought to. He mentioned how a lot of people from outside, such as visitors or people who are friends of ours on Facebook think what we're doing down here is awesome. This encouraged me, and not just because it's nice to hear people say things to confirm what I already think. Rather because I was getting discouraged at what I have sometimes struggled with thinking was a lot of investment [Continue reading...]

How much of our witness for Christ is beyond our control?

Steve Bremner — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:46:44 +0000

I had an experience a few weeks ago that has had me thinking about this very question. It was not the first time in my life someone told me I was a hypocrite of a Christian, and I bet it certainly won't be the last time, despite my best efforts. In order to prepare for the civil ceremony that coincided with the religious ceremony for my wedding last month, I had to jump through a lot of hoops and obtain a lot of paper work for the municipality of Chorrillos, outside of Peru's capital of Lima where [Continue reading...]

Confessions of a Millennial Missionary

Steve Bremner — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:28:02 +0000

I've recently been reading Jamie The Very Worst Missionary's blog for about a year or maybe longer. I almost never regret reading a post, despite the fact that when I share some of her posts on social media, people tell me they don't appreciate the language she uses. That's understandable, but neither here nor there for me. I think one reason I appreciate her blog is because she's got bigger balls than I do. I don't write any of my posts intentionally trying to ruffle feathers, but I do seldom [Continue reading...]

What Oikos Meant To Me At My Wedding

Steve Bremner — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:38 +0000

This is my first official blog entry that I've written as a married man. Not that that changes the content of my blog much. At least, not just yet. But I couldn't help but write a quick thank-you note type of entry detailing a few of the unexpected occurrences that happened in the weeks leading up to May 11th. If you're on my personal e-mailing list or follow me on social media, especially Facebook, you'll have known that my wedding came and went in the last few weeks. Lili and I successfully [Continue reading...]

The Father’s Manifest Presence in Class Yesterday

Steve Bremner — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:14:30 +0000

I'm starting to wonder if God had the whole thing planned. Yesterday I posted my blog article about "courtesy falls", which mostly had been written over the weekend. It got quite a lot of traffic, mostly from lurkers as few actually commented on it in my social networks. Late Sunday afternoon however, Shaun Wissmann, who I work closely with in teaching the sessions in our Oikos ministry school on a daily basis called me to tell me he'd been very sick and didn't foresee being able to teach at [Continue reading...]

Pushy Pentecostal Preachers and Courtesy Drops

Steve Bremner — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:50:43 +0000

This week J. Lee Grady knocked the ball out of the park with his weekly instalment of "Fire In My Bones", his column over at Charisma Magazine. It was entitled 9 Bad Charismatic Habits We Need to Break. I shared this on social media to a small reaction by others who got a kick out of it. I agreed whole heartedly with every point he made in the article, with some getting a more resounding 'amen' out of me than others. I think the thread between each thing that charismatics needed to stop [Continue reading...]

Faith-Healing Parents Arrested for Death of Second Child

Steve Bremner — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:43:41 +0000

I read this article in the news with shame, which is giving some people an excuse to scoff at faith healing. According to an article on ABC News, “Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian church that believes in faith healing. They lost their 8-month-old son, Brandon, last week after he suffered from diarrhea and breathing problems for at least a week, and stopped eating. Four years ago, another son died from bacterial pneumonia.” NEWS: Faith Healing on Trial: [Continue reading...]