The idea.

This is the spot for me to write thoughts on the vision God has been showing me. Not my vision of what how to do His work, but what He is doing, and my way to step into it in love and service. These pages, marked with the @vision category, should only be available at...

Test of a private post

This is a test of a private post. It should be visible on private.chetcromer.com but not on www.chetcromer.com or www.onethingido.org. The idea here is that I can use a single blog to blog general public stuff, but if I tag something in a @private category (or...

Awkward Love

Honest communication in love is the only way to live and grow in friendships. There are ebbs and flows. There may be real hurt and disappointment. But with the grace of God firmly holding us, it is possible to nurture and sustain deep friendships. We are designed to...

Good Quotes from Howard Thurman

Me thinks I need some Howard Thurman reading… these are some monster good quotes: “Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.” “Don’t ask...

What Role are You Playing?

We come into the world with a longing to be known and a deep-seated fear that we aren’t what we should be. We are set up for a crisis of identity. And then, says Frederick Buechner, the world goes to work:Starting with the rather too pretty young woman and the...

The Firmly Planted Tree

Thus says the Lord:”Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes, but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,...